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• Title:Young people living with cancer : implications for policy and practice / Anne Grinyer.
  
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• Author/Creator:Grinyer, Anne, 1950-
  
• Published/Created:Maidenhead, England ; New York : Open University Press, 2007.
  

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  • Location:WOODWARD LIBRARY stacksWhere is this?
    
  • Call Number: QZ275 .G868 2007
    
  • Number of Items:1
    
  • Status:Available
    

   
• Library of Congress Subjects: Cancer in adolescence.
  Cancer in children.
  
• Medical Subjects:Neoplasms--diagnosis.
  Neoplasms--psychology.
  Adolescent.
  
• Description:xiv, 182 pages ; 23 cm.
  
• Summary:What issues are of concern to young adults living with cancer? How can a supportive care setting be established? How can we offer the optimum age appropriate care? Covering these questions, this book uses original data to present an account of what it is like to be an adolescent or young adult living with cancer.
  
• Notes:Includes bibliographical references (pages [171]-176) and index.
  
• ISBN:9780335221554 (hb)
  0335221556 (hb)
  9780335221547 (pb)
  0335221548 (pb)
  
• Contents:1. Setting the scene
  2. Diagnosis
  3. Settings of care
  4. Loss of independence
  5. Disruption of the life trajectory : the impact on 'normality', life plans and friendships
  6. effect of the illness on physical appearance
  7. Sexuality and fertility
  8. implications for policy and practice
  App. I. Methods
  App. II. Extract from A. Grinyer (2002a) Cancer in young adults : through parents' eyes.