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Our Connected Lives : Caring for Cancer Patients in Rural Texas by Fazlur Rahman (2024, Trade Paperback)
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PublisherTexas Tech University Press
ISBN-101682832236
ISBN-139781682832233
eBay Product ID (ePID)11066399742
Product Key Features
Number of Pages248 Pages
Publication NameOur Connected Lives : Caring for Cancer Patients in Rural Texas
LanguageEnglish
SubjectOncology, Internal Medicine, Medical, Terminal Care
Publication Year2024
TypeTextbook
AuthorFazlur Rahman
Subject AreaBiography & Autobiography, Medical
FormatTrade Paperback
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Item Height0.6 in
Item Weight13.8 Oz
Item Length8.9 in
Item Width6.8 in
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LCCN2024-022248
Reviews"Cancer touchescountless lives worldwide. As a cancer researcher, I applaud Dr. Rahman'seffort to make cancer biology accessible to everyone in OurConnected Lives . As a physician, I appreciate how histhoughtful stories illuminate the practice of cancer medicine--not just byrevealing the struggles patients and doctors face, but also by highlighting theimportance of treating patients as people rather than cases. The lessons inthis book are instructive for us all: cancer patients and their loved ones,general readers as well as the members of the medical profession." --Hagop M.Kantarjian, M.D., Professor and Chairman, Department of Leukemia; SamsungDistinguished University Chair in Cancer Medicine; MD Anderson Cancer Center,University of Texas, "The story of eachof these five unforgettable women and men makes a powerful reading. These aremesmerizing and page-turner tales, making us genuinely concerned about thelives of those individuals with cancer. But their stories are also relevant toother people whether they have cancer or not." --Kanti Rai, MD, Winnerof the Wallace H. Coulter Award for Lifetime Achievement in Hematology, "Dr. FazlurRahman's Our Connected Lives: Caring for Cancer Patients in Rural Texas isa must-read, flush with all the richness of human life in the face of illness.In these pages, the cancer doctor walks alongside his patients through thedifficult conversations, complex medical decisions, losses and triumphs thatcancer brings. Dr. Rahman's intense empathy for his West Texas patientsvivifies these pages, and drives him to provide excellent, diligent, humanecare. Any reader who wants to know what cancer is like from the other side--thedoctor's side--will be enlightened to find in Dr. Rahman's stories a testimonyto how deeply doctors care for our patients and indeed how connected we allare, in the end. If you have doubted whether doctors actually care not only forpatients but about them as human beings, this book will change you. It showshow the best doctors among us are, and how we all ought to be." --Rachel Pearson, MD,PhD, Humanities Director, Charles E. Cheever, Jr. Center for Medical Humanitiesand Ethics; Joe R. and Teresa Lozano Long Distinguished Professor inBioethics; author, No Apparent Distress: A Doctor's Coming of Age on theFront Lines of American Medicine, "The story of eachof these five unforgettable women and men makes a powerful reading. These aremesmerizing and page-turner tales, making us genuinely concerned about thelives of those individuals with cancer. But their stories are also relevant toother people whether they have cancer or not." --Kanti Rai, MD, Winnerof the ASH Wallace H. Coulter Award for Lifetime Achievement in Hematology, "Fazlur Rahman is a wonderful storyteller. I was immediately drawn in bythe vivid characters, touched by their plights and by the author's depth ofcompassion." --Jonathan Balcombe, bestselling author of What a FishKnows and Super Fly, "The renowned clinician Dr. William Osler, considered the 'Father of Internal Medicine,' observed: 'The good physician treats the disease; the great physician treats the patient who has the disease.' Fazlur Rahman is not only a great physician; this remarkable man is also a wonderful writer. From his humble beginnings in what is now Bangladesh (and for this story I highly recommend his cultural memoir, The Temple Road ), and throughout his post-graduate training in internal medicine and oncology in New York and Houston, it took amazing fortitude and faith for Dr. Rahman to find his way to San Angelo, Texas. There he garnered the love and respect of its citizens through his delivery of high-quality primary and specialty care over many decades. How he accomplished this is the main thrust of this memoir. Every turn this writer takes--into medical science, the evolution of oncological treatments, the intricacies of doctor-patient-family relationships--serves to enlighten and enhance this story. This physician's dedicated attentiveness to the daily, then yearly, then career-long practice of patient-centered 'connected' medicine is rare in America's fractured health system today, and we are all the poorer for it. With this book, Dr. Rahman joins the ranks of other great physician writers: Anton Chekhov, William Carlos Williams, Richard Selzer, Oliver Sacks, and Abraham Verghese, among others. You will not be able to put this book down. And when the last page is turned, you may wonder where you might find someone like this author to care for you. I know I did." --Jerald Winakur, MD, MACP, FRCP Author of Memory Lessons: A Doctor's Story and Human Voices Wake Us, "Dr. Rahman takesus on a journey of resilience, love, and empathy. He has the ability to seelight when many of us would see only darkness while caring for patients withcancer. This book shows us that not only are we all connected but also we walktogether on the path of our lives. Moreover, he teaches us that empathy andhope are the most powerful tools we have to help our patients when they aremost vulnerable, and that showing dignity to our patients is an integral partof care. This is a must-read!" --AlfredoQuiñones-Hinojosa, MD, William J. and Charles H. Mayo Professor, Monica FlynnJacoby Endowed Chair, James C. and Sarah K. Kennedy Dean of Research, MayoClinic; author of Becoming Dr. Q: My Journey from Migrant Farm Worker toBrain Surgeon, "Cancer touchescountless lives worldwide. As a cancer researcher, I applaud Dr. Rahman'seffort to make cancer biology accessible to everyone in OurConnected Lives . As a physician, I appreciate how histhoughtful stories illuminate the practice of cancer medicine--not just byrevealing the struggles patients and doctors face, but also by highlighting theimportance of treating patients as people rather than cases. The lessons inthis book are instructive for us all: cancer patients and their loved ones,general readers as well as the members of the medical profession." --Hagop M.Kantarjian, MD, Professor and Chairman, Department of Leukemia; SamsungDistinguished University Chair in Cancer Medicine; MD Anderson Cancer Center,University of Texas, "Dr. FazlurRahman's Our Connected Lives: Caring for Cancer Patients in Rural Texas isa must-read, flush with all the richness of human life in the face of illness.In these pages, the cancer doctor walks alongside his patients through thedifficult conversations, complex medical decisions, losses and triumphs thatcancer brings. Dr. Rahman's intense empathy for his West Texas patientsvivifies these pages, and drives him to provide excellent, diligent, humanecare. Any reader who wants to know what cancer is like from the other side--thedoctor's side--will be enlightened to find in Dr. Rahman's stories a testimonyto how deeply doctors care for our patients and indeed how connected we allare, in the end. If you have doubted whether doctors actually care not only forpatients but about them as human beings, this book will change you. It showshow the best doctors among us are, and how we all ought to be." --Rachel Pearson, MD,PhD, Humanities Director, Charles E Cheever, Jr. Center for Medical Humanitiesand Ethics; Joe R. and Teresa Lozano Long Distinguished Professor inBioethics; author, No Apparent Distress: A Doctor's Coming of Age on theFront Lines of American Medicine
SynopsisFazlur Rahman's mother died tragically when he was only seven years old, but her words reverberated throughout his life: "Someday you will be a doctor, Fazlur, and save lives." Eventually, he fled his war-torn homeland and, after years of training in New York and Houston, became a cancer doctor. He could never have imagined that his medical career would unfold in remote West Texas and that he would be a pioneer oncologist for a vast region. Over a 35-year career, Rahman poured himself into not just taking care of his patients' challenging medical needs but learning from them and getting to know their lives, their families, and the circumstances that made each patient unique. He narrates the instructive stories of five cancer patients: surviving against all odds; walking a long path with cancer and negotiating the steps of every day; bearing the crushing burdens of the exorbitant costs of cancer drugs, sometimes dictating a decision either to save one's own life or leaving enough for the family to live on; navigating the vagaries of old age and coping with malignancy; and patients' desire for dignity, a self-respect that we all want, rich or poor. These compassionate tales are a blend of storytelling, cancer science, and Rahman's personal reflections and struggles in making medical decisions that treat a patient as a whole person, not just as a person with a disease.
LC Classification NumberRC277.T4
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