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Record Nr.

UNINA9910495886203321

Autore

Greenwald Howard P.

Titolo

Who survives cancer? / / Howard P. Greenwald

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Berkeley : , : University of California Press, [1992]

ISBN

0-585-09866-2

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xxi, 280 pages) : illustrations

Disciplina

362.1/96994

Soggetti

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

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 257-272) and index.

Nota di contenuto

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.