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Walking with a Shadow: Surviving Childhood Leukemia
Nanci A. Sullivan
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Description for Walking with a Shadow: Surviving Childhood Leukemia
Hardback. Although some 80 per cent of victims survive childhood leukaemia, the incidence of the disease is rising and the survivors carry deep psychological scars. In this volume, nine long-term survivors share their memories of coping with the disease, the programmes of treatment and the shadow it has left on their lives. Num Pages: 312 pages, 3 illustrations. BIC Classification: VFJB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 242 x 166 x 28. Weight in Grams: 630.
Childhood cancer, particularly leukemia, is on the rise. Leukemia strikes one child in every 25,000, and most often does so between the ages of 3 and 7. Annually, more than 2,700 children are diagnosed with leukemia in the United States. Due to advances in biotechnology and medicine, survival rates for this once-deadly disease now stand at 80%. But the psychological effects of diagnosis, removal from school, treatment, and remission or cure, linger. Here nine long-term survivors of childhood leukemia share their vivid memories and give us insight into the physiological changes, psychosocial and educational difficulties that became a constant shadow ... Read more
Childhood cancer, particularly leukemia, is on the rise. Leukemia strikes one child in every 25,000, and most often does so between the ages of 3 and 7. Annually, more than 2,700 children are diagnosed with leukemia in the United States. Due to advances in biotechnology and medicine, survival rates for this once-deadly disease now stand at 80%. But the psychological effects of diagnosis, removal from school, treatment, and remission or cure, linger. Here nine long-term survivors of childhood leukemia share their vivid memories and give us insight into the physiological changes, psychosocial and educational difficulties that became a constant shadow ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing Plc United States
Number of pages
312
Condition
New
Number of Pages
312
Place of Publication
, United States
ISBN
9780275958145
SKU
V9780275958145
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About Nanci A. Sullivan
NANCI A. SULLIVAN has 24 years experience as a practitioner, researcher, and administrator in education and special education.
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