Joan Liebmann-Smith

Joan Liebmann-Smith, Ph.D. is a medical sociologist and award-winning medical writer. Her articles have appeared in "American Health, Ms., Newsweek, Redbook, Self, "and "Vogue," and she has appeared on numerous television talk shows, including "The" "Oprah Winfrey Show" and "The Today Show," She has a daughter, Rebecca, a cat, Fazelnut, and lives with her husband, Richard--also a writer--in New York City. Jacqueline Nardi Egan is a medical journalist who specializes in developing and writing educational programs with and for physicians, allied health professionals, patients, and consumers. She is also a former medical editor of "Family Health" magazine. She has a daughter, Elizabeth, two dogs, Coco and Abby, and divides her time between Darien, Connecticut, and Sag Harbor, New York. "From the Hardcover edition.