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100 1  Giusti, Kathryn,|eauthor. 
245 10 Fatal to fearless:|b12 steps to beating cancer in a broken
       medical system /|cKathy.Giusti ; [foreword by Katie 
       Couric] 
250    First edition. 
264  1 New York, NY. :|bHarperwave, an imprint of 
       HarperCollinsPublishers,|c[2024] 
264  4 |c©2024 
300    xvii, 269 pages ;|c24 cm 
336    text|btxt|2rdacontent 
337    unmediated|bn|2rdamedia 
338    volume|bnc|2rdacarrier 
500    Includes index. 
520    An empowering, soul-baring personal account and guide from
       a two-time cancer survivor and healthcare disrupter that 
       shows anyone how to deal with a frightening medical 
       diagnosis in America today, providing the knowledge 
       necessary to take ownership of personal wellbeing and 
       maximize the chances for survival.  More than twenty-five 
       years ago, Kathryn Giusti was diagnosed with multiple 
       myeloma at age thirty-seven and given three years to live.
       With a young child, a happy marriage, and a successful 
       career, Giusti had too much to live for. An "impatient 
       patient," she overcame her fear and got to work, learning 
       to advocate for her own care. This book is the result of 
       all she's learned about how to get the best outcome from 
       America's opaque and sometimes impossible-to-navigate 
       healthcare system.  Fatal to Fearless tells the story of 
       how Giusti took on the system and turned it to her 
       advantage not once but twice when she was diagnosed with 
       breast cancer a few years ago. It is a crash course in 
       surviving a grim diagnosis, organized around twelve simple
       steps, with practical tips for everything from how to 
       build your healthcare team and learning which online 
       sources to trust, to understanding the science and 
       identifying which tests to ask for in the new genomic era 
       and how to access the treatments and studies that could 
       save your life.  At its center is a gripping personal 
       story that reveals difficult, yet honest truths about 
       illness, family, friendship, marriage, and the business of
       medicine. Giusti lays bare her soul as she walks you 
       through the steps for handling any diagnosis and includes 
       insights from medicine's top insiders on the frontlines of
       physical and emotional healing and care.  Sick people 
       deserve a fighting chance. Giusti's mission to democratize
       medicine--and healthcare--has never been more imperative, 
       or more urgent. Hopeful, wise, and packed with hard-won 
       knowledge, this book gives you the concrete tools and 
       inspiration to fear less and live more. - (dust jacket) 
650  0 Medical ethics. 
650  0 Physician and patient. 
650  0 Medical care. 
650  0 Multiple myeloma|xDiseases. 
650  0 Cancer|xTreatment. 
650  0 Cancer|xDiagnosis. 
650  0 Cancer|xPatients|xCare. 
700 1  Couric, Katie.