When a parent has cancer: a guide to caring for your children

Overall rating: Good Strengths: The use of bold type, lists and chapter summaries allows patients to scan the book quickly if they wish. Practical, but not preachy Weaknesses: Repetitive Audience: Patients with cancer. Accompanying book, Becky and the Worry Cup, is for children up to age twelve One...

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Published inCanadian Medical Association journal (CMAJ) Vol. 157; no. 5; pp. 569 - 570
Main Authors Harpham, Wendy S, Sutherland, Amanda J
Format Book Review Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Ottawa CMA Impact, Inc 01.09.1997
Subjects
Books and Other Media
Cancer
Parents & parenting
Patients
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Summary:Overall rating: Good Strengths: The use of bold type, lists and chapter summaries allows patients to scan the book quickly if they wish. Practical, but not preachy Weaknesses: Repetitive Audience: Patients with cancer. Accompanying book, Becky and the Worry Cup, is for children up to age twelve One of the questions most frequently asked by adults living with cancer who have young children, and perhaps the most difficult to answer, is "What should I tell my child?" When a Parent Has Cancer answers that question. Dr. Harpham is an internist who was 36 years old and had three young children when she was diagnosed with non-Hodgkin's lymphoma. Her family's experience through five years of diagnosis, treatments, remissions, relapse and ongoing uncertainty have led to this sensible, sensitive book.
ISSN:0820-3946
1488-2329