Cancer in the Lives of Older Americans : : Blessings and Battles / / Sarah H. Kagan.
The "oldest old," individuals aged 85 and above, are the most rapidly growing segment of American society. And although more than a third of cancer occurs in people over 75 years of age, their tumors are less fully diagnosed and often less fully treated than those in younger patients. Agei...
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Kagan, Sarah H., author. aut http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut Cancer in the Lives of Older Americans : Blessings and Battles / Sarah H. Kagan. Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, [2012] ©2009 1 online resource (120 p.) text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier text file PDF rda Frontmatter -- Contents -- Introduction. Finding My Way -- Chapter 1. Champagne and Hot Dogs -- Chapter 2. Being Old, Having Cancer -- Chapter 3. Paradox -- Chapter 4. Scientific Import and Influence -- Chapter 5. Language Lessons -- Chapter 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 -- Acknowledgments restricted access http://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_16ec online access with authorization star The "oldest old," individuals aged 85 and above, are the most rapidly growing segment of American society. And although more than a third of cancer occurs in people over 75 years of age, their tumors are less fully diagnosed and often less fully treated than those in younger patients. Ageism may account for this discrepancy-why intervene if an older man or woman with cancer doesn't have long to live anyway? Yet older people often tolerate chemotherapy, surgery, and radiation as well as younger patients, while continuing to maintain their quality of life for years to come.The lack of clinical trials among this age group results in a deficit of knowledge regarding how to treat cancer in older adults. Little has been written to guide clinicians, social scientists, families, and individuals. In Cancer in the Lives of Older Americans: Blessings and Battles, Sarah H. Kagan writes from the perspective of more than twenty years of practice, inquiry, and education as a nurse. She uses anecdotes and case studies to illustrate important points about cancer among older adults.The book follows the story of Mrs. Eck, a woman in her 80s diagnosed with pancreatic cancer. Mrs. Eck's situation sets the stage for a discussion of cancer, which too often focuses on cells and drugs, diagnoses and prognoses, without looking more closely at the people who experience the disease. Chapters offer varied assessments of what it means to be old and have cancer in our society, as Kagan explores other real experiences of cancer for older adults alongside information that will prove essential to patients, their families, scholars, and clinicians. Issued also in print. Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web. In English. Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 24. Apr 2022) Health. HEALTH & FITNESS / Diseases / Cancer. bisacsh Caregiving. Medicine. Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter University of Pennsylvania Backlist eBook-Package 2000-2013 9783110459548 print 9780812241433 https://doi.org/10.9783/9780812202403 https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9780812202403 Cover https://www.degruyter.com/document/cover/isbn/9780812202403/original |
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