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Author: Evelyne Accad Publisher: Spinifex Press ISBN: 9781876756123 Category : Biography & Autobiography Languages : en Pages : 548
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This is a rare multicultural perspective on disease, particularly cancer, in which the author takes on a journey through the medical establishments, cultural taboos, gender-tagged attitudes and personal stories of different civilisations. It could also be defined as a quest on how human logic relates to illness. The writing itself blends the diary, personal letters, poems and songs with excerpts from some of the foremost authorities in cancer research, producing an effect upon the reader akin to that which she experienced herself, as she moved back and forth between the emotional and physical shock of the cancer experience and the objective scientific data she uncovered. She begins to find cancer everywhere in her physical environment: friends, relatives and people she has never met -- some die. She finds a depth of friendship and support that she had never expected including that of her close companion. While writing her book she sent sections of it to friends, who commented on the text. These honest responses to her story add a further dimension. The structure and content of the book are informed by her deep commitment to women, men, ecology and peace issues. As part of the journey she reads many books on the environment and cancer. Although she lives in the USA and France, the book takes the reader on physical journeys to many other cities including Paris, Tunis and Beirut.
Author: Evelyne Accad Publisher: Spinifex Press ISBN: 9781876756123 Category : Biography & Autobiography Languages : en Pages : 548
Book Description
This is a rare multicultural perspective on disease, particularly cancer, in which the author takes on a journey through the medical establishments, cultural taboos, gender-tagged attitudes and personal stories of different civilisations. It could also be defined as a quest on how human logic relates to illness. The writing itself blends the diary, personal letters, poems and songs with excerpts from some of the foremost authorities in cancer research, producing an effect upon the reader akin to that which she experienced herself, as she moved back and forth between the emotional and physical shock of the cancer experience and the objective scientific data she uncovered. She begins to find cancer everywhere in her physical environment: friends, relatives and people she has never met -- some die. She finds a depth of friendship and support that she had never expected including that of her close companion. While writing her book she sent sections of it to friends, who commented on the text. These honest responses to her story add a further dimension. The structure and content of the book are informed by her deep commitment to women, men, ecology and peace issues. As part of the journey she reads many books on the environment and cancer. Although she lives in the USA and France, the book takes the reader on physical journeys to many other cities including Paris, Tunis and Beirut.
Author: Beth Leibson Publisher: Simon and Schuster ISBN: 1628739673 Category : Health & Fitness Languages : en Pages : 284
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According to the National Cancer Institute, there are an estimated 13.7 million living Americans who are cancer survivors. The institute expects that number to rise to almost 18 million over the next decade. The Institute of Medicine notes that patients diagnosed with cancer have an estimated 64% chance of surviving five years, up from 50% three decades ago. And most of them have lingering symptoms, both physical and emotional. The Cancer Survivor is a companion and guide for those millions of individuals who are finally done with treatments but are still on the journey to wholeness. Beth Leibson completed her chemotherapy and radiation in 2007. She had beat cancer, but was left with lingering memory issues, exhaustion, depression, pain, and the fear that at any point, the cancer could return. Here she tells the story of how she rebuilt her life, and shares advice from other experts, addressing the emotional, medical, and professional challenges of life after cancer. Here are the questions you’re afraid to ask (“When will my sex drive come back?”), the questions you hadn’t yet considered (“How do I reenter the work force after a ‘break’ of a year or more?”), and those you know you should be thinking about but haven’t had the energy for (“What supplements or alternative therapies should I be taking to regain my strength?”). Warm, honest, and full of sage advice, this is the book Leibson wishes she had had when the nightmare of cancer treatments drew to a close and the overwhelming reality of starting life over again began.
Author: Publisher: Odile Jacob ISBN: 2738180515 Category : Languages : en Pages : 353
Author: Mary Ann Mattoon Publisher: Daimon ISBN: 3856306099 Category : Psychology Languages : en Pages : 765
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The Fifteenth Triannual Congress of the International Association for Analytical Psychology (IAAP) took place on the grounds of St. John's College in Cambridge, England from 19 to 24 August 2001. It was a memorable occasion both in its preparation and its incarnation and the present volume is meant to preserve at least a portion of what transpired: the papers comprising the program. The presentations and events were more far-reaching and all-inclusive than ever before, incorporating numerous political and intercultural issues and including representatives from psychoanalysis and other fields of endeavour for the first time.
Author: Mario Fontenla Publisher: Xlibris Corporation ISBN: 1984571052 Category : Poetry Languages : en Pages : 270
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The idea to write this book was born out of my empathy for others who are suffering like I have. After traveling so much during my youth and suffering from the emotional trauma of constantly being harshly bullied, I finally settled in New York City for many years, where I started volunteering for the Red Cross about ten years ago. This launched my whole career in translation and interpretation and made me start to write poems after living and surviving cancer.
Author: Barbara Goldsmith Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company ISBN: 0393079767 Category : Biography & Autobiography Languages : en Pages : 258
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The bestselling, "excellent…poignant—and scientifically lucid—portrait" (New York Times Book Review) of the remarkable Marie Curie. Through family interviews, diaries, letters, and workbooks that had been sealed for over sixty years, Barbara Goldsmith reveals the Marie Curie behind the myth—an all-too-human woman struggling to balance a spectacular scientific career, a demanding family, the prejudice of society, and her own passionate nature. Obsessive Genius is a dazzling portrait of Curie, her amazing scientific success, and the price she paid for fame.
Author: Dylan Saccoccio Publisher: Dylan Michael Saccoccio ISBN: Category : Language Arts & Disciplines Languages : en Pages : 237
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Finally, the Holy Sailors ventured beyond the Strait of Gibraltar, found the Azores, and then landed on the shores of America. The wonders were vast and the peoples diverse. Had they rediscovered Atlantis? By the time the Spanish arrived, there were bearded tribes, depictions of men in turbans, “Black Indians” engaged in hostilities with the “Natives,” and “White Indians” whose language had affinity to that of the ancient Britons. There existed colossal temples and megalithic stones with similar architecture as those found in Egypt, Greece, Italy, and Asia, while the inhabitants of the regions hadn’t discovered how to make tools strong enough to work the stone nor had they pulley systems or other beasts of burden to move the megaliths. But the Americans possessed something that was fatal to the authority and claims of the Old World’s religious institutions, a threat so great that the Inquisition chose to destroy them at the behest of the Church and the monarchs of Spain. When you’re ready, embark on the journey of Terminalia.
Author: Maxime Dahan Publisher: Hugo New Life ISBN: 2755694688 Category : Self-Help Languages : fr Pages : 232
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Maxime est un jeune homme ambitieux et obsédé par l'idée de faire carrière dans le monde de l'High Tech. Son destin va soudainement basculer... À 30 ans, le diagnostic tombe : c'est un cancer du sang, stade 4.Au fil de son parcours, Max entraîne le lecteur dans le voyage de l'Inconnu avant le diagnostic, des traitements de la Maladie et des étapes du retour vers la Guérison. L'auteur nous fait découvrir avec humour, comment il a emporté, avec l'aide de ses nombreux Supporters, la « plus grande bataille de sa vie».Le récit est suivi d'un Guide Imparfait. C'est une liste de petits conseils pour encourager les patients, leur entourage et le personnel médical à «vivre» le cancer de manière positive.
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