Books by Kevin Donaghy
“The reason I chose Stories of Cancer and Hope is because it both supports and balances my own perspective in a nice manner. My message may seem somewhat brutal, and I sometimes get the response, ‘You are probably right, but we have to maintain hope. We have to believe.’ My answer to that is, ‘Yes, we have to maintain hope, but it shouldn’t be a false hope about eliminating cancer and every other disease. That’s not how it works.’ The good thing about this book is that it focuses on the personal stories. It’s about people sharing their feelings and their experiences as cancer patients. It’s about the silver linings and how something good comes out of even a cancer diagnosis. Life goes on even though we get cancer and some die far too early. That’s why I think this book conveys an important message, because that’s the kind of hope we should promote—and not this false hope about a future without cancer.” Read more...
Interviews where books by Kevin Donaghy were recommended
-
1
The Emperor of All Maladies: A Biography of Cancer
by Siddhartha Mukherjee -
2
Being Mortal: Medicine and What Matters in the End
by Atul Gawande -
3
When Breath Becomes Air
by Paul Kalanithi -
4
Rebel Cell: Cancer, Evolution and the New Science of Life
by Kat Arney -
5
Stories of Cancer and Hope
by Kevin Donaghy
The best books on Cancer, recommended by Jarle Breivik
The best books on Cancer, recommended by Jarle Breivik
Many of us view cancer as an enemy that we have to fight and look forward to the day it is eliminated by modern medicine. But that’s not going to happen, says Jarle Breivik, a professor of medicine at the University of Oslo. He argues for a more realistic approach to cancer as a fundamental part of life and what it means to be human.
