The Patient from Hell

Catchy title for a book isn't it? It featured in the "In Search" column in today's The Daily Telegraph. An excerpt from the book's website: "It does not attempt to give medical advice -- as that would be quackery -- but it provides readers with a path that will help them to get informed about their diseases and formulate questions to ask their doctors." In the book, "Stephen Schneider, a scientist at Stanford University, details his cancer experiences and his attempts at partnering with his doctors to pursue individualized treatments. He encourages readers who are so inclined to get involved in the decisions made about their diseases and suggests ways of doing so."
Full details: The Patient from Hell: How I Worked with My Doctors to Get the Best of Modern Medicine and How You Can Too (Da Capo Lifelong Books, 300 pp.)