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Irene Tuffrey-Wijne - Living with Learning Disabilities, Dying with Cancer: Thirteen Personal Stories - 9781849050272 - V9781849050272
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Living with Learning Disabilities, Dying with Cancer: Thirteen Personal Stories

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Description for Living with Learning Disabilities, Dying with Cancer: Thirteen Personal Stories Paperback. This book is a powerful and moving account of the experiences of 13 people with learning disabilities who were living with cancer. The author gained a unique understanding of what it is like for individuals with learning disabilities to live with deteriorating health and how this may impact upon their families, friends and carers. Num Pages: 272 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JKSN2; VFJB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 150 x 18. Weight in Grams: 398.

This book is a powerful and moving account of the experiences of 13 people with learning disabilities who were living with cancer. The author followed their lives as part of a 3-year research study, during which 10 people died. She spent extensive periods of time with them at their homes and day centres, in hospitals, hospices and nursing homes. In doing so, she gained a unique understanding of what it is like for individuals with learning disabilities to live with deteriorating health and how this may impact upon their families, friends and carers. How was each person's cancer diagnosed? ... Read more

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Product Details

Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Jessica Kingsley Publishers
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
Number of Pages
272
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781849050272
SKU
V9781849050272
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 5 to 9 working days
Ref
99-10

About Irene Tuffrey-Wijne
Irene Tuffrey-Wijne qualified as a nurse in Amsterdam, and moved to the UK in 1985. She holds a first degree in Palliative Care Nursing and completed a PhD in the palliative care of people with learning disabilities at Maastricht University, The Netherlands. Irene has extensive clinical experience in the fields of both learning disabilities (as a support worker and home ... Read more

Reviews for Living with Learning Disabilities, Dying with Cancer: Thirteen Personal Stories
`This book is written by one of only a handful o people in the United Kingdom who specialise in researching the lives and experiences of people with learning disabilities who have cancer and is a valuable and much needed addition to the literature. It is also a commentary on contemporary care for people with learning disabilities, and the continuing struggle ... Read more

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