Biography & True Stories
Woman Doctor
A Specialist in Infectious Diseases in the Time of Corona
by Karine Lacombe and Fiamma Luzzati
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What is daily life like in a hospital during the coronavirus crisis? A ground-breaking graphic documentary. Karine Lacombe, a doctor, opens the doors to her infectious diseases department in one of the largest hospitals in Paris as it confronts a virus no one there had seen under a microscope: Covid-19. How do you prepare for this battle? How do you run the department? What surprises does daily life have in store? Does it make a difference if you’re a woman doctor? Thanks to Fiamma Luzzati’s clear, spontaneous draughtsmanship, we follow Karine Lacombe’s thoughts and her experiences working in a hospital under tremendous pressure. The perfect incarnation of an educational and informative graphic reportage that puts the Coronavirus crisis in perspective.
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Author Biography
Karine Lacombe is a professor, a specialist in infectious diseases and head of her department at the hôpital Saint-Antoine (Paris). Most significantly, she heads up research into treatments using plasma from Covid-19 survivors. Fiamma Luzzati is an illustrator and scriptwriter of Sicilian origin. She writes the scientific blog L’avventura on lemonde.fr and has published two graphic novels: Le cerveau peut-il faire deux choses à la fois (2015, Delcourt) and La femme qui prenait son mari pour un chapeau (2016, Delcourt).
Editions Stock (subsidiary of Hachette Livre SA)
Founded in 1708, Stock is one of the oldest publishing houses in France and has been part of the Hachette Group since 1961. In the prestigious series LA BLEUE, Stock publishes the finest multi-award winning writers from Françoise Sagan to Philippe Claudel, and new voices such as Adrien Bosc. Recently, it has expanded to include high-end women’s literary fiction. Its foreign fiction list (LA COSMOPOLITE series) includes great authors from Carson McCullers to Paolo Cognetti, from many languages. On the non-fiction side, the list is quite eclectic from philosophy (Louis Althusser) to thought-provoking investigation (Garance Le Caisne), and health with our best-selling author, Michel Cymes.
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- Publisher Editions Stock
- Publication Date November 2020
- Orginal LanguageFrench
- ISBN/Identifier 9782234091061
- Publication Country or regionFrance
- FormatHardback
- Pages160
- ReadershipGeneral
- Publish StatusUnpublished
- Original Language TitleLa médecin, une infectiologue au temps du corona
- Copyright Year2020
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