Lucky Dog

How Being a Veterinarian Saved My Life

Sarah Boston (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

320 Seiten

2015
Allen & Unwin (Verlag)
978-1-76011-199-1 (ISBN)

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A hilarious and heartwarming memoir about a veterinary oncologist whose own cancer treatment showed her that the ways we treat our pets can teach us a lot about ourselves and our own health.

'What a remarkable book - both howlingly funny and deeply moving. This veterinary oncologist's story of looking after dogs and other animals, and looking after herself after her own cancer diagnosis, taught me volumes about illness, healthcare and love. Lucky Dog shows how much we have to learn from the animals in our lives and from those who care for them.' - Will Schwalbe, New York Times bestselling author of The End of Your Life Book ClubWhat happens when a veterinary cancer surgeon thinks she has cancer herself? Enter Sarah Boston: a vet who suspects a suspicious growth in her neck is thyroid cancer. From the moment she uses her husband's portable ultrasound machine to investigate her lump - he's a vet, too - it's clear this will not be your typical crisis-and- recovery memoir.Sarah takes us on a funny and thought-provoking journey through the human health care system from the perspective of an animal doctor. Weaving funny and poignant stories of dogs she's treated along the way, this is an insightful memoir about what the human medical world can learn from the way we treat our canine counterparts.
Lucky Dog teaches us to trust our instincts, be our own advocates, and most of all to laugh while we're doing it.

Sarah Boston is an associate professor of surgical oncology, department of small animal clinical sciences, at the University of Florida. She has practiced veterinary medicine in various parts of Canada, the U.S, and New Zealand. She lives in Gainesville, Florida, with her husband, and their dog Rumble and cat Romeow.

Erscheint lt. Verlag	2.1.2015
Verlagsort	Sydney
Sprache	englisch
Maße	153 x 234 mm
Themenwelt	Literatur ► Anthologien
	Literatur ► Biografien / Erfahrungsberichte
	Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Gesundheit / Leben / Psychologie ► Krankheiten / Heilverfahren
	Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Natur / Technik ► Tiere / Tierhaltung
	Medizin / Pharmazie ► Medizinische Fachgebiete ► Onkologie
	Veterinärmedizin
ISBN-10	1-76011-199-6 / 1760111996
ISBN-13	978-1-76011-199-1 / 9781760111991
Zustand	Neuware