Cancer in the lives of older Americans : blessings and battles / Sarah H. Kagan.

Author
Kagan, Sarah H. (Sarah Hope) [Browse]
Format
Book
Language
English
Published/​Created
Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, ©2009.
Description
110 p. ; 24 cm.

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    "The book follows the story of Mrs. Eck, a woman in her 80s diagnosed with pancreatic cancer. Mrs. Eck's situation sets the stage for a discussion of cancer, which too often focuses on cells and drugs, diagnoses and prognoses without looking more closely at the people who are experiencing the disease. Chapters offer varied assessments ofwhat it means to be old and have cancer in our society, as Kagan explores other real experiences of cancer for older adults alongside information that will prove essential to patients, their families, scholars, and clinicians." --Book Jacket.
    Bibliographic references
    Includes bibliographical references and index.
    Contents
    • Introduction : finding my way
    • Champagne and hot dogs
    • Being old, having cancer
    • Paradox : cancer and aging in America
    • Scientific import and influence
    • Language lessons
    • Aesthetics of being and having
    • Epilogue : not a denial of the fact of death, a denial of death now.
    ISBN
    • 9780812241433 ((alk. paper))
    • 0812241436 ((alk. paper))
    LCCN
    2009004267
    OCLC
    301879835
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