In the Basement at the VA: Stories from a Cancer Doctor

"Clear-eyed and deeply human, In the Basement at the VA shows that medicine is as much about communication as it is about treatment—and that small choices can carry life-changing weight."
—Danielle Ofri, MD, editor of Bellevue Literary Review, author of What Doctors Feel: How Emotions Affect the Practice of Medicine

When a doctor speaks with a patient, there is nearly always an information imbalance. Patrick Tripp has spent his career treating cancer patients at Veterans Affairs hospitals whe...