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Greenwald Howard P. |
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Titolo |
Who survives cancer? / / Howard P. Greenwald |
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Berkeley : , : University of California Press, [1992] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (xxi, 280 pages) : illustrations |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Cancer - Prognosis |
Cancer - Social aspects |
Cancer - Psychological aspects |
Cancer - Patients |
Health Maintenance Organizations - United States |
Health Services Administration - United States |
Neoplasms - mortality - United States |
prevention & control - United States |
Neoplasms - therapy - United States |
Survival Rate - United States |
Oncology |
Medicine |
Health & Biological Sciences |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 257-272) and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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The problem and its context -- The disease and its survivors -- Cancer treatment: the industry of hope -- Can cancer be prevented? -- Emotional health and cancer survival -- Early detection: the key to cancer survival? -- Class and cancer survival -- The Health Maintenance Organization: a model for the future? -- Conclusion: personal strategies and public issues. |
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