On this edition of ST Medical Monday, we speak with Sunita Puri, author of “That Good Night: Life and Medicine in the Eleventh Hour.” Puri is an assistant professor of clinical medicine at the University of Southern California, where she’s also the medical director of palliative medicine at the Keck Hospital and Norris Cancer Center.
He joins us to discuss his important new book, “Malignant: How Bad Policy and Bad Evidence Harm People with Cancer.” This work explains how hype, money, and bias can — and often do — mislead the public into thinking that many worthless or unproven cancer treatments are effective.
As was noted of this short yet powerful book by The Boston Globe: “Paul Kalanithi’s posthumous memoir…possesses the gravity and wisdom of an ancient Greek tragedy….
“That Good Night: Life and Medicine in the Eleventh Hour” finds Puri telling her own story, as the ambitious American-born daughter of immigrants, as well as the story of her parents: what they did for her, gave to her, and shared with her.
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