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One oncology nurse's journey through treatment after cancer diagnosis

Find a book excerpt from “Healing” here.

We revisit host Jane Clayson’s May 2022 conversation with author Theresa Brown about her book “Healing: When a Nurse Becomes a Patient,” which intertwines stories of her work as an oncology and cancer nurse with her own treatment following a breast cancer diagnosis.

This article was originally published on WBUR.org.

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