Writing my way through cancer [[electronic resource] /] / Myra Schneider
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| Autore: |
Schneider Myra <1936->
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| Titolo: |
Writing my way through cancer [[electronic resource] /] / Myra Schneider
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| Pubblicazione: | London ; ; New York, : Jessica Kingsley Publishers, 2003 |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (210 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 362.1/9699449/0092 |
| B | |
| Soggetto topico: | Breast - Cancer - Patients - United States |
| Cancer patients' writings | |
| Creative writing - Therapeutic use | |
| Note generali: | Description based upon print version of record. |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references (p. 198-199) and index. |
| Nota di contenuto: | Writing My Way Through Cancer; Contents; Poems in the book; Notes and Lists; Acknowledgements; Part I: Journal; Chapter One Investigation; Chapter Two Diagnosis; Chapter Three Hospital; Chapter Four Recovery From The Operation 1; Chapter Five Recovery From The Operation 2; Chapter Six First Encounter with Chemotherapy; Chapter Seven Interlude in Nice; Chapter Eight Chemotherapy and Radiotherapy 1; Chapter Nine Chemotherapy and Radiotherapy 2; Chapter Ten The After Effects of Double Treatment; Chapter Eleven The Final Cycles of Chemotherapy |
| Chapter Twelve Escape to Eastbourne and Book LaunchesChapter Thirteen Climbing Back to Strength 1; Chapter Fourteen Climbing Back to Strength 2; Afterword; Part II: Writing Ideas; Introduction; Starting Off; Letting Go in Lists; Flow-Writing; Visualizations; Writing About Memories; Playing with Words; Image Explorations; Taking an Overview; Taking Your Writing Further; Other Books by Myra Schneider; Bibliography; Useful Addresses; Index | |
| Sommario/riassunto: | Diagnosed with breast cancer in February 2000, poet and author Myra Schneider turned to her writing to help her come to terms with the experience. In this thoughtful and readable book, she illustrates how writing helped her through diagnosis, treatment and recovery as well as the change in self-image following her mastectomy. |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Writing my way through cancer |
| ISBN: | 1-283-90459-4 |
| 1-4175-0197-9 | |
| 1-84642-400-3 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910780340203321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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