1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910452505803321

Autore

Gregory David Michael <1958->

Titolo

Cancer stories [[electronic resource] ] : on life and suffering / / David M. Gregory and Cynthia K. Russell

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Ottawa, : Published for Carleton University by McGill-Queen's University Press, c1999

ISBN

1-282-86430-0

9786612864308

0-7735-7420-4

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (200 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

RussellCynthia K <1958-> (Cynthia Kay)

Disciplina

362.1/96994

Soggetti

Cancer - Patients

Cancer - Psychological aspects

Suffering

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [187]-189).

Nota di contenuto

""CONTENTS""; ""ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS""; ""1. CANCER: SUFFERING IN SILENCE""; ""Cancer: The Disease""; ""Changes in the Praxis of Science: Qualitative Research""; ""Suffering and Cancer""; ""The Illness Experience as a Source of Suffering""; ""Knowing Suffering through Cancer""; ""Lessons Learned and the ""Gifts"" Offered""; ""A Word of Advice to the Reader""; ""2. CANCER PATHS: THE SCIENCE""; ""Breast Cancer""; ""The Statistics""; ""Treating Breast Cancer""; ""Living with Breast Cancer""; ""Ovarian Cancer""; ""The Statistics""; ""The Nature of Ovarian Cancer""; ""Treating Ovarian Cancer""

""Living with Ovarian Cancer""""Malignant Melanoma""; ""The Statistics""; ""Treating Malignant Melanoma""; ""Living with Malignant Melanoma""; ""3. THE CANCER STORIES""; ""Construction of the Narratives""; ""Untold Suffering: Courage of the Human Spirit""; ""4. JULIA""; ""Living in a State of Uncertainty: Breast Cancer""; ""Lessons Learned: Julia's Gifts to Us""; ""5. SARAH""; ""Running the Distance: Breast Cancer""; ""Lessons Learned: Sarah's Gifts to Us""; ""6. MADELINE""; ""Living on Trust: Breast Cancer""; ""Lessons Learned: Madeline's Gifts to Us""; ""7. KAY""



""Faith in a Cure: Ovarian Cancer""""Lessons Learned: Kay's Gifts to Us""; ""8. JOHN""; ""A Lonely Journey: Malignant Melanoma""; ""Lessons Learned: John's Gifts to Us""; ""9. CANCER: ON LIFE AND SUFFERING""; ""Knowing Cancer: Listening to Those Who Journey""; ""Cancer: Suffering within the Context of Lives""; ""Life and the Work of Suffering""; ""Meaning in the Cancer Experience""; ""Living Fully with Cancer""; ""Lessons Learned and Gifts Shared""; ""NOTES""

2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910450450403321

Titolo

Stretching the imagination [[electronic resource] ] : representation and transformation in mental imagery / / Cesaro Cornoldi ... [et al.]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, : Oxford University Press, c1996

ISBN

0-19-802600-5

1-280-45161-0

0-19-535673-X

1-4237-3573-0

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (206 p.)

Collana

Counterpoints

Altri autori (Persone)

CornoldiCesare

Disciplina

153.3/2

Soggetti

Mental representation

Perception

Imagery (Psychology)

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; 1. Counterpoints in Perception and Mental Imagery: Introduction; 2. When Imagery Fails: Effects of Verbal Receding on Accessibility of Visual Memories; 3. The Many Faces of Mental Images; 4. The Nonambiguity of Mental Images; 5. Ducks, Rabbits, and Hedgehogs: Resolution, Impasse, or Fostered Debate?; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; W

Sommario/riassunto

This is the first volume in the Counterpoints Series, which explores the issues being debated in psychology, child development, linguistics, and neuroscience. Each volume consists of the presentation of three or four



extensive chapters by researchers representing key points of view on the issue. This text examines one of the liveliest areas of debate in psychology today, the relationship between perception and mental imagery. A variety of recent studies have pointed to the existence of a strong relationship between memory and mental representation, while others have shown that images are open