Stanford Medicine Magazine: The Best of 2011

Bioethical quandaries, major health crises, the future of cancer: These are the themes for the three Stanford Medicine magazine issues published in 2011. Stanford Medicine is Stanford University School of Medicine's award-winning magazine, covering news and analysis of medicine and health. In this collection, you'll find the editors' favorite stories from 2011. This anthology includes a foreword from Abraham Verghese, MD, author of bestsellers Cutting for Stone, The Tennis Partner and My Own Country. Other stories you'll read in the collection include: - "When are you dead: Resurgent form of organ transplantation raises a new question" by John Sanford - "Gender X: The battle over boy or girl" by Dianne Klein - "The woman who fell to Earth: A love story" by Ruthann Richter - "The unexpected: Cancer during pregnancy" by Erin Digitale - "Khmer Rouge on trial: Can serving justice cure PTSD?" by Tracie White - "The case of the disappearing liver disease: Uncovering an ordinary antibiotic's secret power" by Erin Digitale - "Bioethics at midlife: The dilemmas facing a field in flux" by Susan Ipaktchian - "A kid again: After cancer takes its toll" by Erin Digitale - "Peddling hope: Unproven stem cell treatments for sale in a country near you" by Krista Conger - "Cancer's biographer: A conversation with Siddhartha Mukherjee" with Paul Costello - "Make your own cancer diagnostic test: It's easier than you think" by Rosanne Spector