Grinyer Anne (Lancaster University Uk) - Life After Cancer In Adolescence And Young Adulthood The Experience Of Survivorship - Paperback

Binding: Paperback
Description: Adolescence and young adulthood is often a difficult enough time without serious illness. However research has shown that cancer and surviving cancer at this age presents distinctive problems medically socially and psychologically. This important work offers a glimpse into a previously under - researched area and contributes to a better understanding of the needs of young adults post cancer. Focusing not only on the physical effects but also the social cognitive emotional and physiological consequences of surviving cancer in young adulthood Anne Grinyer draws directly upon data collected from young adults who have been treated for cancer. The book is structured around themes they raised such as fertility; life plans; identity; psychological effects and physical effects. These issues are drawn together in the final chapter and related to clinical and professional practice as well as current policy. This book presents the voices of those who have lived through the experience of cancer in young adulthood and links them to the theoretical and analytical literature. It will be of interest to professionals and researchers in nursing social work counselling and medicine as well as medical sociologists young adults living with cancer and survivors of young adult cancer.
Title: Life After Cancer In Adolescence And Young Adulthood The Experience Of Survivorship
Author(s): Grinyer Anne (Lancaster University Uk)
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
Barcode: 9780415477031
Pages: 208 Pages, 7 Tables, Black And White
Publication Date: 4/15/2009
Category: Health & Personal Development