Praise for Breaking Little Bones
I read Breaking Little Bones from cover to cover. I learned a lot about the travails of the “Clinical Associates” on the service. I was amazed at the details of events that occurred 50 years ago. Congratulations on a GREAT contribution to the History of Medicine.
Emil J Freireich, M.D., D.Sc. (In 1964 Sr. Staff NCI Supervisor of 2 East)Retired Distinguished Professor, Univ. of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center
Dr. Humphrey’s book; Breaking Little Bones, serves as a permanent record of the vision in the early 1960s of the pioneers of NIH’s anti-leukemia chemotherapy protocols and the courage of the children on 2 East who made it possible to break through the mind-set that acute leukemia was inevitably fatal.
S. Gerald Sandler, MD, FACP, FCAP, Professor of Medicine and Pathology,
Georgetown University Medical Center
No question Breaking Little Bones is worth reading, and it clearly serves the purpose of presenting and describing the mix of triumph and trauma of medical battle with ALL back in the 60s. What differentiates it from many other books dealing with struggle associated with early treatments in cardiology, oncology, and transplantation is the other side of a coin – the toll taken on medics involved. The author describes the moral/ethical dilemma and emotional devastation very well. What makes this point stronger is that this emotional turmoil was not limited to the author but all 3 of the clinical associates and in fact the entire staff of 2 East, although the author makes the personal confession.
M.B. H. Murawska, PhD Basic scientist in cell biology andproject manager of global clinical trials CBO.
As several individuals have stated in the “Advanced Praise and Commentary” section of Breaking Little Bones, Dr. Humphrey’s book should be read by all people who care for children and young adults who have various forms of cancer.
Taking it a step further, I believe that the book is a “must” read for almost everyone who is involved with the care of pediatric patients, so that these providers, in the broadest sense, will have some insight into what the patients, families, nurses, physicians, social workers, go through daily, in the care of children with cancer.
Lawrence J, Wolff, MD, Emeritus Professor of Pediatrics, Hematology/Oncology,
Doernbecher Children’s Hospital, the Oregon Health Science University
Emil J Freireich, M.D., D.Sc. (In 1964 Sr. Staff NCI Supervisor of 2 East)Retired Distinguished Professor, Univ. of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center
Dr. Humphrey’s book; Breaking Little Bones, serves as a permanent record of the vision in the early 1960s of the pioneers of NIH’s anti-leukemia chemotherapy protocols and the courage of the children on 2 East who made it possible to break through the mind-set that acute leukemia was inevitably fatal.
S. Gerald Sandler, MD, FACP, FCAP, Professor of Medicine and Pathology,
Georgetown University Medical Center
No question Breaking Little Bones is worth reading, and it clearly serves the purpose of presenting and describing the mix of triumph and trauma of medical battle with ALL back in the 60s. What differentiates it from many other books dealing with struggle associated with early treatments in cardiology, oncology, and transplantation is the other side of a coin – the toll taken on medics involved. The author describes the moral/ethical dilemma and emotional devastation very well. What makes this point stronger is that this emotional turmoil was not limited to the author but all 3 of the clinical associates and in fact the entire staff of 2 East, although the author makes the personal confession.
M.B. H. Murawska, PhD Basic scientist in cell biology andproject manager of global clinical trials CBO.
As several individuals have stated in the “Advanced Praise and Commentary” section of Breaking Little Bones, Dr. Humphrey’s book should be read by all people who care for children and young adults who have various forms of cancer.
Taking it a step further, I believe that the book is a “must” read for almost everyone who is involved with the care of pediatric patients, so that these providers, in the broadest sense, will have some insight into what the patients, families, nurses, physicians, social workers, go through daily, in the care of children with cancer.
Lawrence J, Wolff, MD, Emeritus Professor of Pediatrics, Hematology/Oncology,
Doernbecher Children’s Hospital, the Oregon Health Science University