100 Questions and Answers About Your Child's Cancer (Class Health) (100 Questions & Answers about) - Softcover

Carroll, William L.; Reisman, Jessica

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0763731404 ISBN 13: 9780763731403

Publisher: Jones & Bartlett Learning, 2004

Synopsis

Questions amp Answers About Your Child's Cancer gives you authoritative, practical answers to your questions about childhood cancer, treatment options, post-treatment quality of life, coping strategies -- for both patient and caregiver, sources of support, and much more. This book is an invaluable resource for understanding and coping with the medical, psychological, emotional and financial aspects of a child sick with cancer.

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About the Authors

William L. Carroll, MD, received his medical degree from the University of California, Irvine, and completed his Internship, Residency and Chief Residency in Pediatrics at Cincinnati Children's Medical Center. He then pursued sub-specialty training in pediatric Hematology/Oncology at Stanford University Medical Center. Throughout his career Dr. Carroll has merged clinical practice with basic research into the origins of childhood cancer. Currently he is Professor of Pediatrics at New York University and Mount Sinai Schools of Medicine and leads the program in Pediatric Hematology/Oncology on both campuses. He also holds the Edward and Julie Minskoff Chair in Pediatrics at NYU and is Director of the Stephen D. Hassenfeld Center for Childhood Cancer and Blood Disorders. Dr. Carroll is Chair of the Children's Oncology Group Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia Study Committee and directs clinical and translational research in ALL at over 240 institutions worldwide.

Jessica Reisman, CSW, is the Senior Pediatric Hematology/Oncology Social Worker at New York University Medical Center/Hassenfeld Children's Center for Cancer and Blood Disorders. Ms. Reisman graduated with a BA in Psychology from the University of Wisconsin, Madison and received her Master of Social Work at New York University. She received post-graduate training in family therapy at the Ackerman Institute for the Family. Ms. Reisman created and co-facilitates a teen/young adult support group and is co-leader of the Bereavement Program at HCC. She has lectured and presented domestically and abroad on the needs of inner-city youth with cancer and chronic illness. Ms. Reisman was nominated for APOSW (Association of Pediatric Oncology Social Workers) Pediatric Oncology Social Worker of the Year in 2003.

Edition details

• Publisher: Jones & Bartlett Learning
• Publication date: 2004
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0763731404
• ISBN 13: 9780763731403
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 181