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- catalog abstract "For this country's five million cancer survivors, the good news is that they are cured; the bad is that they cannot put cancer behind them. They are ostracized by old friends and former lovers, discriminated against on the job, refused insurance, left with physical and psychological effects from the cancer, often unable to have children, and always fearful of recurrence. Yet because they have been "cured," they have difficulty communicating their problems to friends and relatives or to the medical profession. Susan Nessim, who had cancer in her late teens, faced many of these hidden problems. Several years ago she founded Cancervive, a support group that deals with the problems of survivorship. This book is based on the experiences of Cancervive's members and the advice of experts in the field. In recent years, recognition of the needs of former cancer patients has led to the formation of support groups in ten major hospitals across the country. Other survivor groups are regularly being founded as former cancer patients and their families become an increasingly vocal constituency. Addressed to the individual cancer survivor, this book, with its expert advice and its understanding, empathetic tone, will also be a resource for the growing postcancer community.".
- catalog contributor b3372741.
- catalog contributor b3372742.
- catalog created "1991.".
- catalog date "1991".
- catalog date "1991.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "1991.".
- catalog description "1. Facing the challenge: my story as a survivor -- 2. Returning to the well world : Breaking free of the hospital world ; Renegotiating the patient-doctor relationship ; Emotional entanglements ; Noncompliance ; Checking the facts with your physician -- 3. Sizing up the emotional aftermath : The psychological wounds of war ; Strategies for adapting to life after cancer ; A fuller sense of life -- 4. Moving beyond the fear of recurrence: planning for the future : Living under the sword ; Fighting fear ; Charting the future ; Redefining priorities and retailoring old goals -- 5. Strong bonds and fragile emotions: relationships with family, friends, and significant others : Recovery from cancer: a family affair ; Cancer's effect on intimate relationships ; Cancer's effect on friendships ; Cancer and dating ; People who need people -- 6. The insurance obstacle : The bottom line ; Job lock ; Forced out of the work place ; Caught in the squeeze ; You say prosthetic, they say cosmetic ; Ways around the insurance obstacle ; The need for national health insurance ; Resources for insurance information -- 7. When the résumé includes cancer : Cancer's stigma in the work place ; The myths behind cancer-based discrimination ; You, your employer, and the law ; How to deal with work place discrimination ; Vocational rehabilitation ; Turning the tide ; Where to go for advice or assistance -- 8. The double-edged sword: long-term effects of treatment : Pyrrhic victories ; The long-term effects of chemotherapy ; The long-term effects of radiation ; Lymphedema ; Chronic fatigue ; The risk of secondary tumors ; When anger becomes a long-term effect ; Living with compromise ; The importance of follow-up ; Late effects clinics -- 9. Longing for life: cancer treatment and infertility : Male infertility: Kevin's story ; Female infertility: Linda's story ; Options for the infertile survivor ; The challenge of adoption ; The emotions of infertility ; Paving the way. -- 10. Cancervive.".
- catalog description "For this country's five million cancer survivors, the good news is that they are cured; the bad is that they cannot put cancer behind them. They are ostracized by old friends and former lovers, discriminated against on the job, refused insurance, left with physical and psychological effects from the cancer, often unable to have children, and always fearful of recurrence. Yet because they have been "cured," they have difficulty communicating their problems to friends and relatives or to the medical profession. Susan Nessim, who had cancer in her late teens, faced many of these hidden problems. Several years ago she founded Cancervive, a support group that deals with the problems of survivorship. This book is based on the experiences of Cancervive's members and the advice of experts in the field. In recent years, recognition of the needs of former cancer patients has led to the formation of support groups in ten major hospitals across the country. Other survivor groups are regularly being founded as former cancer patients and their families become an increasingly vocal constituency. Addressed to the individual cancer survivor, this book, with its expert advice and its understanding, empathetic tone, will also be a resource for the growing postcancer community.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. [259]-264).".
- catalog extent "xxii, 264 p. ;".
- catalog identifier "0395561906 :".
- catalog issued "1991".
- catalog issued "1991.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Boston : Houghton Mifflin,".
- catalog subject "616.99/403 20".
- catalog subject "Cancer Patients Rehabilitation.".
- catalog subject "Cancer Psychological aspects.".
- catalog subject "Neoplasms psychology popular works.".
- catalog subject "Neoplasms psychology.".
- catalog subject "Neoplasms rehabilitation popular works.".
- catalog subject "Neoplasms rehabilitation.".
- catalog subject "QZ 200 N465 1991".
- catalog subject "RC262 .N476 1991".
- catalog subject "Self-Help Groups popular works.".
- catalog subject "Self-Help Groups.".
- catalog subject "Self-help groups.".
- catalog tableOfContents "1. Facing the challenge: my story as a survivor -- 2. Returning to the well world : Breaking free of the hospital world ; Renegotiating the patient-doctor relationship ; Emotional entanglements ; Noncompliance ; Checking the facts with your physician -- 3. Sizing up the emotional aftermath : The psychological wounds of war ; Strategies for adapting to life after cancer ; A fuller sense of life -- 4. Moving beyond the fear of recurrence: planning for the future : Living under the sword ; Fighting fear ; Charting the future ; Redefining priorities and retailoring old goals -- 5. Strong bonds and fragile emotions: relationships with family, friends, and significant others : Recovery from cancer: a family affair ; Cancer's effect on intimate relationships ; Cancer's effect on friendships ; Cancer and dating ; People who need people -- 6. The insurance obstacle : The bottom line ; Job lock ; Forced out of the work place ; Caught in the squeeze ; You say prosthetic, they say cosmetic ; Ways around the insurance obstacle ; The need for national health insurance ; Resources for insurance information -- 7. When the résumé includes cancer : Cancer's stigma in the work place ; The myths behind cancer-based discrimination ; You, your employer, and the law ; How to deal with work place discrimination ; Vocational rehabilitation ; Turning the tide ; Where to go for advice or assistance -- 8. The double-edged sword: long-term effects of treatment : Pyrrhic victories ; The long-term effects of chemotherapy ; The long-term effects of radiation ; Lymphedema ; Chronic fatigue ; The risk of secondary tumors ; When anger becomes a long-term effect ; Living with compromise ; The importance of follow-up ; Late effects clinics -- 9. Longing for life: cancer treatment and infertility : Male infertility: Kevin's story ; Female infertility: Linda's story ; Options for the infertile survivor ; The challenge of adoption ; The emotions of infertility ; Paving the way. -- 10. Cancervive.".
- catalog title "Cancervive : the challenge of life after cancer / Susan Nessim and Judith Ellis.".
- catalog type "text".