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050 4 _aRC281.A34 -- K33 2009eb
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100 1 _aKagan, Sarah H.
245 1 0 _aCancer in the Lives of Older Americans :
_bBlessings and Battles.
250 _a1st ed.
264 1 _aPhiladelphia :
_bUniversity of Pennsylvania Press,
_c2009.
264 4 _c©2009.
300 _a1 online resource (120 pages)
336 _atext
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_2rdacontent
337 _acomputer
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_2rdamedia
338 _aonline resource
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505 0 _aCover -- Contents -- Introduction: Finding My Way -- 1 Champagne and Hot Dogs -- 2 Being Old, Having Cancer -- 3 Paradox: Cancer and Aging in America -- 4 Scientific Import and Influence -- 5 Language Lessons -- 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 -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- W -- Y -- Acknowledgments.
520 _aLittle 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.
588 _aDescription based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
590 _aElectronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2024. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
650 0 _aCancer-Psychological aspects-United States.
650 0 _aGeriatric oncology-United States.
650 0 _aOlder people-Diseases-United States.
655 4 _aElectronic books.
776 0 8 _iPrint version:
_aKagan, Sarah H.
_tCancer in the Lives of Older Americans
_dPhiladelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press,c2009
_z9780812241433
797 2 _aProQuest (Firm)
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