Rethinking Experiences of Childhood Cancer :

Dixon-Woods, Mary.

Rethinking Experiences of Childhood Cancer : A multidisciplinary approach to chronic childhood illness/ Mary Dixon-Woods; Bridget Young; David Heney. - 1st ed. - Maidenhead : Open University Press, 2005. - 209 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.

1. Approaches to childhood and childhood cancer 2. Obtaining a diagnosis of childhood cancer 3. Having childhood cancer 4. Late effects of childhood cancer 5. Families' experiences of childhood cancer 6. Communication in childhood cancer 7. Shared decision-making in childhood cancer

How does a diagnosis of cancer alter the biographies of children and families? How can we understand the experiences of children and families with childhood cancer? This book offers a critique of research on children's experiences of cancer and proposes an alternative perspective informed by theoretical developments in childhood studies.

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Tumors in children.
Tumors in children -- Psychological effects.
Tumors in children -- Patients -- Care.

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