Vital Signs: A Young Doctor's Struggle with Cancer

by Fitzhugh Mullan

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• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0374168644
• ISBN13: 9780374168643
• Release Date: January 1982
• Publisher: Farrar Straus Giroux
• Length: 220 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.

Customer Reviews

Resiliency Despite the Horror of Cancer

This is a very insightful and eloquent tale of Dr. Mullen's struggle with cancer. At the age of 32, he finds he has a malignant tumor in his chest. He is ravaged by surgery, chemotherapy, radiation and their complications. Yet, with his inner strength and the support of friends and loved ones he goes on and ultimately embraces life again. He talks openly about the limits of the medical institution and how important the human element is to each patient.