“They Never Want to Tell You” : : Children Talk about Cancer / / David J. Bearison.
They Never Want to Tell You transcends the negative metaphors and clichés of life-threatening disease, to give voice to the culture of cancer and to the behavior and attitudes of those who function within that culture-as patients, medical professionals, family, and friends. In these extraordinary na...
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| Place / Publishing House: | Cambridge, MA : : Harvard University Press, , [2013] ©1991 |
| Year of Publication: | 2013 |
| Edition: | Reprint 2014 |
| Language: | English |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (194 p.) |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Preface
- Introduction: Talking with children who have cancer
- The narratives
- You're still the same old Ant to us
- Just think about the good days
- They only understand what I tell them
- It’s nothing. It’s no big deal
- I just want people to be straight with me
- The best thing is to talk to somebody
- I didn’t feel myself
- You’re the only child in the world that has it
- Common narrative themes
- Why me?
- God and prayer
- Fears about having cancer
- Losing your hair
- Advice for others who have cancer
- Friends and family relations
- How cancer has changed me
- Talking about talking about cancer
- Afterword: Working with children who have cancer
- Notes