Fran PulverFran Pulver has worked as a health and medical writer since 1991. She has written articles for Harvard Medical School's Harvard Heart Letter and Better Health for Life and contributed to A Guide to Alzheimer's Disease, published by Harvard Health Pubications. She is the author of the Guide to Getting the Best Cancer Treatment and the Guide to Getting the Best Healthcare, published by PinnacleCare. Fran has over 25 years of experience writing health and medical content for health care providers, health publications, and medical websites. She writes consumer-friendly content that helps patients become actively involved in decisions regarding their health care. In addition to medical writing, she has copyedited or proofread more than 300 academic books and journals for university presses and scientific publishers. Fran is a thirteen-year cancer survivor and drew from her personal experience in writing this book. A resident of Cambridge, Massachusetts, she currently works as a freelance writer, editor, and proofreader. Read More Read Less