Everything changes : the insider's guide to cancer in your 20s and 30s / Kairol Rosenthal.

With irreverent flare and practical wisdom, "Everything Changes" includes stories, how-to resources, and expert advice on issues that are important for young adult cancer patients, including: dating and sex, medical insurance and the healthcare system, faith and spirituality, employment and career,...

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Main Author: Rosenthal, Kairol, 1972-
Language:English
Published: Hoboken, N.J. : Wiley, [2009], ©2009.
Subjects:
Cancer > Popular works.
Young adults > Diseases.
Cancer.
Neoplasms > Young Adult.
Popular Work.
Popular works.
Genre:
Popular works.
Popular Work.
Physical Description:viii, 247 pages ; 23 cm
Format: Book
Contents:
  • Ramenomics
  • Resources: health insurance and financial guidance
  • When g-d things happen to sick people
  • Resources: spiritual questions, critical paperwork
  • Single
  • Resources: dating, cancer sex ed, body image, relationships
  • Human spectacles
  • Resources: clinical trials, family matters
  • Malignant and indignant
  • Resources: employment issues, peer support
  • Something in the air
  • Resources: cancer and the environment, building support systems
  • Mortality bites
  • Resources: "out" patient, end-of-life issues
  • The myth of eternal optimism
  • Resources: emotional support, coping with pain
  • It girl
  • Resources: young adult caregivers, student life
  • The fix
  • Resources: working the system
  • Off the map
  • Resources: alternative medicine, mind and body
  • Naked in the streets
  • Resources: making a difference
  • Fluke
  • Resources: conducting research, fertility and adoption.