The Twisted Chain
$28.00
- Paperback
184 pages
- Release Date
10 September 2024
Summary
The Long Shadow: Rheumatic Fever’s Grip on a Family and a Nation
Not knowing if your dad will live through the night is not something any young son or daughter should ever have to endure. I experienced this nightmare more times than I care to remember.’ In the winter of 1969, a 14-year-old Whangarei schoolboy called Keg went to a weekend rugby tournament and came home with a sore throat. Soon he was bedbound with a blazing fever, painful wrists, elbows and knees, and - most worrying…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781990048791 |
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| ISBN-10: | 199004879X |
| Author: | Jason Gurney |
| Publisher: | Otago University Press |
| Imprint: | Otago University Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 184 |
| Release Date: | 10 September 2024 |
| Weight: | 240g |
| Dimensions: | 210mm x 148mm |
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About The Author
Jason Gurney
Dr Jason Gurney (Ngāpuhi) is the Director of the Cancer and Chronic Conditions (C3) Research Group, and an Associate Professor in the Department of Public Health at the University of Otago (Wellington campus). He has worked in the public health sector in epidemiology for the past 15 years. In 2018 he was awarded the Health Research Council of New Zealand (HRC) Māori Emerging Leader Fellowship, and in 2023 was part of a team awarded the HRC Liley Medal for research into the causes of rheumatic fever. The Twisted Chain is his first book.
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