The Patient Doctor
How one man's cancer diagnosis led to a quest to put the heart back into healthcare
$28.75
- Paperback
352 pages
- Release Date
29 June 2022
Summary
At the age of twenty-eight, with his Beijing-based science communications business doing well and a new relationship blossoming, Ben Bravery woke from a colonoscopy to be told he had stage 3 colorectal cancer.
As a scientist, Ben understood the seriousness of his condition. Cancer had quite literally whacked him in the guts, after all. But what he didn’t expect was how being a patient, and a young one at that, would make him feel. Why hadn’t he been better prepared for the embarrassme…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780733647444 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0733647448 |
| Author: | Dr Ben Bravery |
| Publisher: | Hachette Australia |
| Imprint: | Hachette Australia |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 352 |
| Release Date: | 29 June 2022 |
| Weight: | 431g |
| Dimensions: | 151mm x 233mm x 25mm |
About The Author
Dr Ben Bravery
Originally a zoologist and science communicator, Ben Bravery worked for the Australian and Chinese governments before being diagnosed with stage 3 colorectal cancer at age twenty-eight. After undergoing eighteen months of cancer treatment, Ben decided on a career change. He became a doctor in 2018 and is now undertaking speciality training in psychiatry. Ben volunteers, advocates, writes and speaks about colorectal cancer, living with cancer, cancer in young adults, medicine and medical education, and is committed to advocating for change in Australia’s healthcare system.
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