Cancer and Self-Help Bridging the Troubled Waters of Childhood Illness

Name: Cancer and Self-Help Bridging the Troubled Waters of Childhood Illness
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ISBN: 9780299148249

ISBN-10: 0299148246

ISBN-13: 9780299148249

Edition: 1995

Authors: Mark A. Chesler, Barbara K. Chesney

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Book details

List price: $19.95
Copyright year: 1995
Publisher: University of Wisconsin Press
Publication date: 12/15/1995
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 464
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 0.90" tall
Weight: 1.210
Language: English

Mark Chesler is Emeritus Professor of Sociology at the University of Michigan. He is the author most recently of Challenging Racism in the University (with Amanda Lewis and James Crowfoot).



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Preface



Introductions and Frameworks for Understading Self-Help and Childhood Cancer: Laying the Bridges' Foundations



The Activities and Operations of Self-Help Groups: What the Bridges Look Like



Patterns of Participation and Outcomes: Crossing the Bridges



Working with the Medical System: Bridging Parents and Professionals



Broader Views of Self-Help Groups: Other Bridges in Other Times and Places



Practical Guidelines and Helpful Hints: Building Your Own Bridges


Appendix A: Methods of Inquiry


Appendix B: A Note for Parents Seeking a Group


Notes


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Index