Lung Cancer Book Wins Two Awards
September 17, 2003
Lung Cancer: Myths, Facts, Choices – and Hope, by
Claudia I. Henschke, Ph.D., M.D., and Peggy McCarthy with Sarah Wernick (W.W. Norton,
2002) is the first place winner for trade books in the 2003 Medical Book Awards Competition of the American Medical Writers Association (AMWA). The organization, founded in 1940, is the leading professional association for biomedical communicators, with more than 4700 members from around the world.
In May, 2003, the book received
the 2003 June Roth Memorial Award for Health and Medical Books from the
American Society of Journalists and Authors (ASJA). This award, established
to honor the late medical writer June Roth, is given every three years
to a trade book representing exceptional achievement in health and medical
writing.
Presenting the award, ASJA member Sally Stitch said:
The June
Roth Award for Medical Books goes to a book on lung cancer, a disease
associated with guilt and blame. The co-authors tackle these tough emotional
issues head-on, as well as everything else the reader needs to know,
from diagnosis to treatment. The book is so “unmedically” written that
it reassures rather than terrifies.
Awards for outstanding nonfiction books and articles were presented at a luncheon at the Grand Hyatt Hotel in New York City in connection with ASJA's 32nd annual Writers Conference. The American Society of Journalists and Authors is a national organization of independent nonfiction writers. Founded in 1948, the Society includes more than 1,100 members who have met ASJA's exacting standards of professional achievement.
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