Young People Living with Cancer Implications

Which issues are of most concern to young adults living with cancer? How can a supportive care setting be established? How can we offer the optimum age appropriate care?

Anne Grinyer is a medical sociologist based in the Institute for Health Research and the Innovation and Enterprise Unit, both at Lancaster University, UK. She is author of Cancer in Young Adults (Open University Press, 2002), based on the accounts of parents caring for a young adult son or daughter with cancer..

Participants	p. ix
Foreword	p. xiii
Acknowledgements	p. xv
Setting the scene	p. 1
Diagnosis	p. 9
Settings of care	p. 27
Loss of independence	p. 57
Disruption of the life trajectory: the impact on 'normality', life plans and friendships	p. 75
The effect of the illness on physical appearance	p. 98
Sexuality and fertility	p. 114
The implications for policy and practice	p. 134
Methods	p. 154
Extract from A. Grinyer (2002a) Cancer in Young Adults: Through Parents' Eyes	p. 164
References	p. 171
Index	p. 177
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Young People Living with Cancer Implications for Policy and Practice

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