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020 _a0199757844
020 _a9780199757848
100 _aDresser, Rebecca (ed)
245 0 _aMalignant - medical ethicists confront cancer
260 _aOXFORD :
_bOxford University Press,
_c2012
505 _aCrash course; Diagnositc quests and accidents; Learning the bad news; Coping with uncertainty; Autonomy and persuasion; Volunteering for research; Resilience and the art of living in remission; The allure of questionable-benefit treatment; Cancer stereotypes; Caregivers, patients, and clinicians; Cancer interactions: caring well and caring badly; Support, advocacy, and the selves of people with cancer; Cancer and mortality: making time count; Survivorship: in every expression a crack; Last words
520 _a'You have cancer.' Words no one wants to hear, but heard by millions every year. Millions more hear the equally shattering news that a loved one has cancer. Both are life-changing messages. For the people writing this book, cancer was not only a personal crisis, it was also an education. Experts on medical ethics, personal experience with cancer showed them how little they understood of the real world of serious illness
650 _aEthics
650 _aEthics, Medical
650 _aCancer
650 _aNeoplasms
690 _aETHICS
690 _aCancer
690 _aneoplasms
999 _c40359
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