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Today, much of Syria has become a war-zone where foreign journalists find it almost impossible to go. Burning Country explores the reality of life in present-day Syria. Drawn from over fifteen years of work with the people of Syria, it reveals the stories of opposition fighters, exiles lost in an archipelago of refugee camps, and many others. 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Kagan 210 $aPhiladelphia $cUniversity of Pennsylvania Press$dc2009 215 $a1 online resource (120 p.) 300 $aBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph 311 $a0-8122-4143-6 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $tFrontmatter -- $tContents -- $tIntroduction. Finding My Way -- $tChapter 1. Champagne and Hot Dogs -- $tChapter 2. Being Old, Having Cancer -- $tChapter 3. Paradox -- $tChapter 4. Scientific Import and Influence -- $tChapter 5. Language Lessons -- $tChapter 6. Aesthetics of Being and Having -- $tEpilogue. Not a Denial of the Fact of Death, a Denial of Death Now -- $tPostscript. Completed -- $tNotes -- $tReferences -- $tIndex -- $tAcknowledgments 330 $aThe "oldest old," individuals aged 85 and above, are the most rapidly growing segment of American society. And although more than a third of cancer occurs in people over 75 years of age, their tumors are less fully diagnosed and often less fully treated than those in younger patients. Ageism may account for this discrepancy-why intervene if an older man or woman with cancer doesn't have long to live anyway? Yet older people often tolerate chemotherapy, surgery, and radiation as well as younger patients, while continuing to maintain their quality of life for years to come.The lack of clinical trials among this age group results in a deficit of knowledge regarding how to treat cancer in older adults. Little has been written to guide clinicians, social scientists, families, and individuals. In Cancer in the Lives of Older Americans: Blessings and Battles, Sarah H. Kagan writes from the perspective of more than twenty years of practice, inquiry, and education as a nurse. She uses anecdotes and case studies to illustrate important points about cancer among older adults.The book follows the story of Mrs. Eck, a woman in her 80s diagnosed with pancreatic cancer. 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