| View Larger Image | Walking with a Shadow: Surviving Childhood Leukemia | Hardcoverby Nanci A. Sullivan (Author)
| List Price: | $43.95 | | | Available: | Usually ships in 24 hours |
| | Binding: | Hardcover | | Publisher: | Praeger Publishers | | Edition: | 1st Edition | | Page Count: | 312 Pages | | Publication Date: | September 30, 2004 | | Sales Rank: | 601,421st |
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Product Description
Childhood cancer, particularly leukemia, is on the rise. Leukemia strikes one child in every 25,000, and most often does so between the ages of 3 and 7. Annually, more than 2,700 children are diagnosed with leukemia in the United States. Due to advances in biotechnology and medicine, survival rates for this once-deadly disease now stand at 80%. But the psychological effects of diagnosis, removal from school, treatment, and remission or cure, linger. Here nine long-term survivors of childhood leukemia share their vivid memories and give us insight into the physiological changes, psychosocial and educational difficulties that became a constant "shadow" in their lives. Author Nanci Sullivan provides recommendations for ways teachers, counselors and other professionals may better help young students with leukemia cope. |
CUSTOMER REVIEWS (Average Customer Rating: 5.0 based on 1 review)
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A Must Read by Richard Wheland (Allison Park, PA)  5 Stars
October 17, 2007
When a child is sick with leukemia everyone's focus is on surviving. That is paramount. This book tells us what happens in the other areas of their lives once they do survive, and that becomes paramount. We should study the lives of these survivors to learn what we can to address these kids' needs more effectively. This book is filled with priceless insights that current kids who are surviving leukemia will wish we had studied with great commitment.
I suspect that others with different chronic health issues may be able to identify with the struggles of those in this book.
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