Ranjana Srivastava

Ranjana Srivastava is a oncologist and author from Melbourne, Australia.

She was born in Canberra, Australia. She was educated in India, the United States, the United Kingdom, and Australia. She received her medical degree from Monash University.[1]

She works in the public health system. She says she makes a point of empathizing with her patients and telling them the truth because of her own experience losing twin sons in utero.[2]

She has written four books: Tell Me the Truth, Dying for a Chat, So It's Cancer: Now What, and After Cancer: A Guide to Living Well.

In 2004 she won the Fulbright Award, awarded by the University of Chicago.[3] She has also won the Australian Human Rights Award in 2013.

References

  1. ↑ "Dr Ranjana Srivastava". Penguin Books Australia. Retrieved 3 August 2016.
  2. ↑ Srivastata, Ranjana (June 15, 2015). "Losing my twin baby boys for ever changed the way I treat my patients". The Guardian. Retrieved 3 August 2016.
  3. ↑ "Ranjana Srivastava". The Guardian. July 2016. Retrieved 3 August 2016.
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