Rethinking experiences of childhood cancer : a multidisciplinary approach to chronic childhood illness / Mary Dixon-Woods, Bridget Young, and David Heney.
- Dixon-Woods, Mary.
- Date:
- 2005
- Books
About this work
Description
Written by a sociologist, psychologist and practising paediatric oncologist, this book offers a fresh theoretical approach to the experience of childhood cancer. The book also discusses the impact on parents and other family members when a child is diagnosed with cancer.
Publication/Creation
Maidenhead, England ; New York : Open University Press, 2005.
Physical description
209 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Contributors
Bibliographic information
Includes bibliographical references (p. [168]-193) and index.
Contents
1. Approaches to childhood and childhood cancer -- 2. Obtaining a diagnosis of childhood cancer -- 3. Having childhood cancer -- 4. Late effects of childhood cancer -- 5. Families' experiences of childhood cancer -- 6. Communication in childhood cancer -- 7. Shared decision making in childhood cancer -- 8. Conclusions.
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Where to find it
Location Status History of MedicineGM.WOpen shelves
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Identifiers
ISBN
- 0335212565
- 9780335212569
- 0335212557
- 9780335212552