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.

UNINA9910716445403321

Titolo

Eighth Pan American Sanitary Conference Lima, Peru, 1927. Message from the President of the United States transmitting report by the Secretary of State, together with a copy of a letter from the Secretary of the Treasury requesting an appropriation for the expenses of three delegates to the Eighth Pan American Sanitary Conference to be held at Lima, Peru, October 12-20, 1927. January 5, 1927. -- Read ; referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations and ordered to be printed

Pubbl/distr/stampa

[Washington, D.C.] : , : [U.S. Government Printing Office], , 1927

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (7 pages)

Collana

Senate document / 69th Congress, 2nd session. Senate ; ; no. 185

[United States congressional serial set] ; ; [serial no. 8712]

Altri autori (Persone)

CoolidgeCalvin <1872-1933.>

Soggetti

Clergy conferences

Congresses and conventions

International cooperation

Public health

Sanitation

Travel costs

Legislative materials.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

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