Books

Death of the Good Doctor--Lessons from the Heart of the AIDS Epidemic

A female physician's memoir about caring for patients during the early AIDS epidemic (1985-1990) in the US. Originally published by Cleis Press in 1999. Brought back into print in 2012, and reissued with photographs in 2018.

Immortal Wounds -- A Doctor Nora Kelly Mystery

This first-in-series mystery follows a doctor who is struggling to recover from a devastating family trauma. She is drawn back into her life and work during a perilous quest to solve the mystery of multiple deaths occurring among the staff at Oakland City Hospital.

Flood Stage -- A Novel

Interconnected short stories about the residents of a rural California community who encounter a catastrophic flood.

Selected Works

Book Reviews -- Samples

The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot

Journalist Rebecca Skloot’s new book is a gripping read that embodies all abstractions about research ethics in a compelling tale about Henrietta Lacks – a woman whose microscopic cancerous cells shook the world’s medical establishment in 1951.

Newspaper and Online Columns

Opinion Column Samples

Medical opinion columns about the sociopolitical and ethical dimensions of American health care and medical practice.

Medical Essays -- Samples

The New England Journal of Medicine; Annals of Internal Medicine

Essays about medical practice, health care, and bioethics.

Documentary, executive producer

Journey by Heart: Caring for Loved Ones with Dementia

DVD -- Journey by Heart -- an engaging and intimate view of Alzheimer's Services of the East Bay.

Kate Scannell, MD

Physician and Author

Recent Newspaper & Online Columns by Kate Scannell MD

The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks, by Rebecca Skloot -- Book Review

November 17, 2010

Tags: The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks, Rebecca Skloot, Book Review, Journal of Legal Medicine, Kate Scannell

Crown Publishers, New York, NY, 2010, 369 pages, $26.00.
Pre-Print copy for the Journal of Legal Medicine
Reviewed by Kate Scannell, M.D., F.A.C.P.*
ENCOUNTERING HENRIETTA LACKS
Journalist Rebecca Skloot’s new book is a gripping read that embodies all abstractions about research ethics in a compelling tale about Henrietta Lacks – a woman whose microscopic cancerous cells shook the world’s medical establishment in 1951. Read More

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