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Little has been written to guide clinicians, social scientists, families, and individuals about cancer among the "oldest old." In Cancer in the Lives of Older Americans, Sarah H. Kagan approaches this problem from the perspective of more than twenty years of practice, inquiry, and education as a nurse.

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Table of Contents

Introduction. Finding My Way
Chapter 1. Champagne and Hot Dogs
Chapter 2. Being Old, Having Cancer
Chapter 3. Paradox: Cancer and Aging in America
Chapter 4. Scientific Import and Influence
Chapter 5. Language Lessons
Chapter 6. Aesthetics of Being and Having
Epilogue. Not a Denial of the Fact of Death, a Denial of Death Now
Postscript. Completed
Notes
References
Index
Acknowledgments

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      Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 22/09/2009
      ISBN13: 9780812241433, 978-0812241433
      ISBN10: 0812241436

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      Little has been written to guide clinicians, social scientists, families, and individuals about cancer among the "oldest old." In Cancer in the Lives of Older Americans, Sarah H. Kagan approaches this problem from the perspective of more than twenty years of practice, inquiry, and education as a nurse.

      Trade Review
      "Committed readers will gain much from this work." * Choice *

      Table of Contents

      Introduction. Finding My Way
      Chapter 1. Champagne and Hot Dogs
      Chapter 2. Being Old, Having Cancer
      Chapter 3. Paradox: Cancer and Aging in America
      Chapter 4. Scientific Import and Influence
      Chapter 5. Language Lessons
      Chapter 6. Aesthetics of Being and Having
      Epilogue. Not a Denial of the Fact of Death, a Denial of Death Now
      Postscript. Completed
      Notes
      References
      Index
      Acknowledgments

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