Theresa Brown, PhD, RN, New York Times columnist, AJN contributing editor, and author of a new book, Healing: When a Nurse Becomes a Patient

AJN AJN editor-in-chief emerita Shawn Kennedy and Theresa Brown discuss Brown’s new book, Healing: When a Nurse Becomes a Patient (Algonquin Books, 2022), about her experience being diagnosed with breast cancer. In the book, Brown details her journey as a patient and shares her nursing perspective on how the U.S. health care system can do better.