Childhood Cancer
Christ, Adolf E.; Flomenhaft, Kalman
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Description for Childhood Cancer
Paperback. Series: The Downstate Series of Research in Psychiatry and Psychology. Num Pages: 320 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: PSV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 254 x 178 x 17. Weight in Grams: 610.
The past decade has brought extraordinary gains in the outlook for children stricken with cancer. Though cancer remains a leading cause of death for children and young adults, more victims of child hood cancer today will survive than will die. The therapeutic advances and the optimism they instill have prompted researchers and clinicians to analyze the impact of cancer upon young patients and their famil,ies and to devise more effective intervention strategies. Hope and survival, juxtaposed with the continuing high mortality associated with certain forms of the illness, add new challenges to management of the psychosocial aspects of cancer. To ... Read more
The past decade has brought extraordinary gains in the outlook for children stricken with cancer. Though cancer remains a leading cause of death for children and young adults, more victims of child hood cancer today will survive than will die. The therapeutic advances and the optimism they instill have prompted researchers and clinicians to analyze the impact of cancer upon young patients and their famil,ies and to devise more effective intervention strategies. Hope and survival, juxtaposed with the continuing high mortality associated with certain forms of the illness, add new challenges to management of the psychosocial aspects of cancer. To ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Springer-Verlag New York Inc. United States
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
Series
The Downstate Series of Research in Psychiatry and Psychology
Number of Pages
302
Place of Publication
New York, NY, United States
ISBN
9781468472684
SKU
V9781468472684
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99-15
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