Saturday Apr 30, 2022
Theresa Brown - Healing: When a Nurse Becomes a Patient
In her captivating 2015 New York Times bestseller, "The Shift: One Nurse, Twelve Hours, Four Patients’ Lives," Theresa Brown offered readers an eye-opening glimpse into a full day at her hospital’s cancer ward, providing a compassionate view inside the complex inner workings of our healthcare system and the individual struggles of her patients. Now, Brown has returned with an unprecedented look at this system from the viewpoint of a cancer patient she had never encountered: herself.
On this episode of Big Blend Radio, she discusses her new memoir, "HEALING: When a Nurse Becomes a Patient," that shares her intensely personal story and presents an honest – and rare – look at struggling with the illness while navigating the maze of American health care from the unique standpoint of both a patient and a practitioner.