2010 Teleconference Companion Book - Table of Contents

Living with Grief®: Cancer and End-of-Life Care

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Table of Contents

Foreword: Perry Fine

I. The Nature of Cancer

  1. Cancer: An Historical and Cultural Perspective (Kenneth J. Doka)
  2. Cancer and the History of Hospice (Stephen R. Connor)
  3. Difficult Choices: Making Decisions When Cure Is Not Possible (Stuart Farber)
  4. After the Battle, Journeys with Cancer: Changing Metaphors of Illness (Neil Small)

II. Treating Cancer

  1. Treatment Options in Cancer (Brad Stuart)
  2. Complementary and Alternative Cancer Therapies: Don't Ask, Don't Tell (Lynda Shand)
  3. Ethical Dilemmas in the Treatment of Cancer (Nancy Berlinger and Bruce Jennings)
  4. The Transition to Palliative Care (Brad Stuart)
  5. End-Stage Cancer: The Role of Palliative Care and Hospice (Sherry R. Schachter)

III. Psychosocial Aspects of Cancer Care

  1. Guilt and Self-Blame: Coping with Cancer Causation (Kenneth A. Krajewski, Erin S. Constanzo, Matthew D. LoConte, and Noelle K. LoConte)
  2. Cancer in Children and Adolescents: Psychosocial Dimensions (Marianne Walsh)
    Personal Perspective: Vivienne's Story (Mary Martin)
  3. Facing Cancer: The Gender Dimension (Neil Thompson)

IV. Grief and Cancer

            Personal Perspective: He Was Still Our Child (Karl Snepp)

  1. Cancer, Anticipatory Grief, and Anticipatory Mourning (Charles A. Corr)
  2. Grief After a Death From Cancer (Kenneth J. Doka)
    Personal Perspective: Antonia's Story (Yvette Colón)

Index

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