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Moderate: Child death, Chronic illness, Death, Mental illness, Terminal illness
Graphic: Ableism, Child death, Chronic illness, Confinement, Death, Mental illness, Racism, Terminal illness, Xenophobia, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, Classism, Pandemic/Epidemic
Moderate: Emotional abuse, Toxic relationship, Violence, Gaslighting, War
His interactions with Henry really brought this book to life.. He is able to break down the disease in digestible chapters that don't read clinical. Even if you don't normally read nonfiction, I would suggest giving this a read.
Graphic: Child death, Chronic illness, Terminal illness
Minor: Racial slurs
Moderate: Child death, Death, Terminal illness, Forced institutionalization, Death of parent
Graphic: Medical content
Moderate: Child death, Death
Graphic: Child death, Death, Terminal illness, Medical content, Pandemic/Epidemic
Moderate: Confinement, Mental illness, Racism, Colonisation
Minor: Slavery, Abandonment
Graphic: Death, Terminal illness, Medical content
Moderate: Child death, Racism, Colonisation
Minor: Cancer, Blood, War
I almost wish that there had been a section in the back with actionable suggestions on how to help the current landscape of tuberculosis develop in a more humane and person centered way. The bibliography was also especially interesting, I have added several books to my list.
I love John Green's writing style, especially nonfiction, and I've loved his podcast so hearing him narrate was a huge plus. It was certainly more engaging that way.
Minor: Child death, Chronic illness, Death, Death of parent
John also does a great job with connecting how we treat TB to how we treat everything else. He delves deep into not only the biomedical factors in disease and infection, but also into the sociological factors, the economic factors, and the religious factors. The title “Everything is Tuberculosis” is extremely accurate, because he finds a way to tie almost everything we would come in contact with to tuberculosis.
Most memorable quote: “Ultimately, we are the cause. We must also be the cure.”
I would highly recommend this book to anyone that is currently in or is planning to be in the medical field. It doesn’t focus just on tuberculosis (although that is obviously a large part of it) but emphasizes compassion, advocacy, and quality care for all in ALL circumstances, not just with tuberculosis. I cannot stress enough how important this book and its themes are, and it’s making me that much more excited to be part of the healthcare field and combat some of these issues.
Graphic: Child death, Death
Moderate: Racism
Graphic: Child death, Death