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The First Cell
- And the Human Costs of Pursuing Cancer to the Last
- De: Azra Raza
- Narrado por: Sheherzad Raza Preisler
- Duración: 11 h y 29 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 74
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Narración:4 out of 5 stars 64
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 64
We have lost the war on cancer. We spend $150 billion each year treating it, yet - a few innovations notwithstanding - a patient with cancer is as likely to die of it as one was 50 years ago. Most new drugs add mere months to one's life at agonizing physical and financial cost. In The First Cell, Azra Raza offers a searing account of how both medicine and our society (mis)treats cancer, how we can do better, and why we must.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Book great, narration terrible
- De Michael Shmilovich en 01-22-20
- The First Cell
- And the Human Costs of Pursuing Cancer to the Last
- De: Azra Raza
- Narrado por: Sheherzad Raza Preisler
Compassionate and Sobering Look at Cancer
Revisado: 10-27-22
The First Cell is a refreshingly disturbing take on cancer that spares no details on real life suffering and the degradation and death wrought by the disease that kills hundreds of thousands in the US alone every year. Raza is both a brilliant scientist and a deep thinker who can deftly navigate precise scientific details and the emotionally vibrant literature of the humanities. Such a combination is a true rarity. The book lays out the paradoxes of life and the day to day realities of living as a mortal being as it also forwards a potent critique of the established paradigm of cancer research and its failings in both treatment, financial burdens, and improving quality and length of life. Her incites and driving thesis on a need for change toward the preventative direction, if heeded, surely would bring about a more compassionate and scientifically effective paradigm. The narration of the work by the author's daughter, Sheherzad Raza Preisler, brings a personal touch and an evident emotional connection to the stories such as Harvey's (Raza's a husband and Preisler's father) who endured the cruelty of cancer's worst assaults. In my view, any critique of the narration is unfounded, but to each their own.
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