Not the Last Goodbye: On Life, Death, Healing, and Cancer

Author:   Dr David Servan-Schreiber, MD, PhD ,  Ursula Gauthier ,  Mark Bramhall ,  Mark Bramhall
Publisher:   Blackstone Publishing
ISBN:  

9781455127337


Publication Date:   17 November 2011
Format:   Audio  Audio Format
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Not the Last Goodbye: On Life, Death, Healing, and Cancer


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"I knew the prognosis. Sooner or later, it would come back. I could slow down the inevitable; I could gain a few years. But there was nothing I could do to make this cancer disappear forever. So this was it. This was the relapse. The Big One. Nineteen years after his original diagnosis, having taken up a worldwide mission toward hope and alternatives for those with cancer, David Servan-Schreiber submits to an emergency MRI that confirms his greatest fear: the brain cancer has returned. Here he shares his coming to terms with the news and, with courage and candor, examines his life from the point of view of one who understands that his illness is terminal. As the author of and spokesman for the Anticancer program, a doctor who has given hope to millions of readers and patients, David frankly acknowledges the challenges of adopting a fully ""anticancer"" lifestyle in today's world and weighs the choices involved in doing so. Weaving in the stories of a number of clinical cases, he reaffirms the program that enhanced and extended his life and the lives of so many others. From nutrition and exercise to rest and meditation, the protocol he followed allowed him to live to the fullest for two decades beyond medical expectation. The story he tells raises many of the most complex and personal questions about how we choose to live and how we prepare for death, striking a delicate balance between the limits of medicine and the hope that sustains us as we confront them. It is powerful, honest, and truly inspiring."

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Author:   Dr David Servan-Schreiber, MD, PhD ,  Ursula Gauthier ,  Mark Bramhall ,  Mark Bramhall
Publisher:   Blackstone Publishing
Imprint:   Blackstone Publishing
Dimensions:   Width: 13.20cm , Height: 1.80cm , Length: 14.70cm
Weight:   0.113kg
ISBN:  

9781455127337


ISBN 10:   1455127337
Publication Date:   17 November 2011
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Audio
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Awaiting stock   Availability explained
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"""A book of dignity, sincerity, and breathtaking beauty...In this often joyous account, David Servan-Schreiber helps us look at death and prepare ourselves to die well. It's a very powerful read that inspires deep appreciation."" -- ""Le Point"" ""A book that is as lucid as it is personal...Brave, bright, committed."" -- ""Le Temps (Geneva)"" ""Each word rings true, each memory lingers, each detail of his life...brings us closer to the human condition. This book is a gift."" -- ""Elle"" ""With poignant simplicity and heartbreaking humility, recently deceased psychiatrist Servan-Schreiber recounts the events of the year preceding his final battle with brain cancer...A profoundly human book that touches readers with a rare and healing candor."" -- ""Kirkus Reviews (starred review)"""


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"David Servan-Schreiber, MD, PhD (1961-2011), was a clinical professor of psychiatry at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine and cofounder of the Center for Integrative Medicine. He codirected a laboratory at the National Institute of Health for the study of clinical cognitive neuroscience and published more than ninety articles in scientific journals. His last book, Anticancer: A New Way of Life, became a New York Times bestseller and was translated into more than forty languages. Following a year-long battle with a relapse of brain cancer, he died in July 2011. Mark Bramhall has won the prestigious Audie Award for best narration, more than thirty AudioFile Earphones Awards, and has repeatedly been named by AudioFile magazine and Publishers Weekly among their ""Best Voices of the Year."" He is also an award-winning actor whose acting credits include off-Broadway, regional, and many Los Angeles venues as well as television, animation, and feature films. He has taught and directed at the American Academy of Dramatic Art."

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