Cancer surgery is filled with moments of fear, even for doctors. Our cameras follow as an oncologist confronts this anxiety in the second episode of our video series The Oncologists.
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Freefall: How Skydiving Is Like Cancer Surgery
Publish date: June 1, 2021
Author(s):
Jeffrey B. Teitler, MFA
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Jeffrey B. Teitler, MFA
Professor, Department of Communication, Central Connecticut State University, New Britain, Connecticut; Director, Envision Films, West Hartford, Connecticut
Disclosure: Jeffrey B. Teitler, MFA, has disclosed no relevant financial relationships.
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