Malignant - medical ethicists confront cancer
Publication details: OXFORD : Oxford University Press, 2012ISBN:- 0199757844
- 9780199757848
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Crash course; Diagnositc quests and accidents; Learning the bad news; Coping with uncertainty; Autonomy and persuasion; Volunteering for research; Resilience and the art of living in remission; The allure of questionable-benefit treatment; Cancer stereotypes; Caregivers, patients, and clinicians; Cancer interactions: caring well and caring badly; Support, advocacy, and the selves of people with cancer; Cancer and mortality: making time count; Survivorship: in every expression a crack; Last words
'You have cancer.' Words no one wants to hear, but heard by millions every year. Millions more hear the equally shattering news that a loved one has cancer. Both are life-changing messages. For the people writing this book, cancer was not only a personal crisis, it was also an education. Experts on medical ethics, personal experience with cancer showed them how little they understood of the real world of serious illness
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