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Death and Dying, Life and Living Links and Biblio:  Cancer


D&D Biblio Individual Sections Links |

Abrahm, Janet L.  A Physician's Guide to Pain and Symptom Management in Cancer Patients.  Baltimore and London: Johnson Hopkins UP, 2000.

Armstrong, Lance and Sally Jenkins.  It's Not About the Bike: My Journey Back to Life.  2001 (testicular cancer)

Barthelme, William.  Lessons from the Angel of Death.  2000 (esophagial cancer).  http://www.eccafe.org/sto/wbartholome/lessons.html

Bearison, David J.  They Never Want to Tell You:  Children Talk About Cancer.  1999 (Childhood Cancers)

Cohen, Richard M.  Blindsided:  lifting a Life Above Illness.  A Reluctant Memoir.  2004 (Multiple Sclerosis AND Colon Cancer)

Gaes, Jason.  My Book for Kids with Cansur: A Child's Autobiography of Hope.  1987.

Glacel, Barbara Pate.  Hitting the Wall: Memoir of a Cancer Journey.  2001 (breast cancer)

Gunther, John. Death Be Not Proud.  Harper Perennial 1965. (brain tumor)

Hall, Doris and Ken.  Go Out and Live: A 27-Year Journey of Change.  Doris and Ken Hall, 2003 (cancer)

Housden, Maria.  Hannah's Gift:  Lessons from a Life Fully Lived.  2002 (cancer)

Janes-Hodder, Honna and Nancy Keene. 
Childhood Cancer:  A Parent’s Guide to Solid Tumor Cancers.  2002.  (Childhood Solid Tumor Cancers)

Johnston, Lorraine and Linda Lamb, eds.  Non-Hodgkin’s Lymphomas:  Making Sense of Diagnosis, Treatment, and Options.  1999 (Non-Hodgkin's Lymphomas)

Kadohata, Cynthia.  Kira-Kira.  2004.  (novel about a Japanese American girl who loses a sister to lymphoma)

Keene, Nancy. 
Childhood Leukemia:  A Guide for Famillies, Friends, and Caregivers. 3rd ed. 2002.  (Childhood Leukemia)

Keene, Nancy, Wendy Hobbie, Kathy Ruccione, and Linda Lamb, eds.  Childhood Cancer Survivors:  A Practical Guide to Your Future. 2nd ed. 2002  (Childhood Cancers)

Korda, Michael.  Man to Man:  Surviving Prostate Cancer.  1996.  (Prostate Cancer)

Livingston, Gordon.  Only Spring:  On Mourning the Death of My Son.  1995.  (one Suicide; one Leukemia)

Lorde, Audre.  The Cancer Journals.  1980 ( Breast Cancer)  RC 280. B8 L58 1987

Lynn, Joanne and Joan Harrold, eds.  Handbook for Mortals: Guidance for People Facing Serious Illness.  NY: Oxford University Press, 1999. R726.8 H353 1999

Martin, Carrie and Chia Martin.  The Rainbow Feelings of Cancer:  A Book for Children Who Have a Loved One with Cancer.  2001. 
(children's book)

Nielsen, Dr. Jerri with Maryanne Vollers.
Ice Bound:  A Doctor's Incredible Battle for Survival at the South Pole.  2001.  (Breast Cancer)  RC280 .B8 N54 2001

Propp, Karen.  In Sickness & In Health:  A Love Story.  2002 (Husband with Prostate Cancer)

Roberts, Barbara K.  Death Without Denial; Grief Without Apology: A Guide for Facing Death and Loss.  2002 (Oregon governor; husband with prostate cancer and then lung cancer)

Roloff, Tricia Ann.  Navigating Through a Strange Land: A Book for Brain Tumor Patients and Their Families.  Fairview. 1995.

Schmidt, Laura and Joe Pizzarello.  A Good Death: A Couple's Journey. 2004 (Pancreatic Cancer)

Shames, Laurence and Peter Barton.   
Not Fade Away: A Short Life Well Lived.  Rodale, 2003.  (Stomach cancer)

Shiminski-Maher, Maria Sansalone and Patsy McGuire Cullen.  Childhood Brain and Spinal Cord Tumors:  A Guide for Families, Friends and Caregivers.  2001.  (Childhood Brain/Spinal Cord Tumors)

Van Dernoot, Peter.  Helping Your Children Cope with Your Cancer: A Guide for Parents and Families.  2002.

Williams, Ben.  Surviving "Terminal: Cancer: Clinical Trials, Drug Cocktails, and Other Treatments Your Oncologist Won't Tell You About.  2002.

Woznick, Leigh A. and Carol D. Goodheart. 
Living with Childhood Cancer:  A Practical Guide to Help Families Cope.  2001.  (Childhood Cancer)