White blood : personal journeys with childhood leukaemia / editor, Mel Greaves.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Greaves, M. F. (Melvyn F.), 1941-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Leukemia in children.

Autobiography.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (220 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Singapore ; Hackensack, N.J. : World Scientific, c2008.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

There are countless academic books on the subject of childhood leukemia. The idea behind this book, however, is very different. Here, we look at the extraordinary story of childhood leukemia from very distinct and unique perspectives: a distinguished physician who has lived through the transition of the disease from despair to success (and who played a key role in the latter); a distinguished laboratory scientist who has helped breach the barrenness of biological ignorance of the disease to reveal its nature; a patient who has been confronted with the tough realities of the illness and has been

Contents:

CONTENTS; Preface; List of Figures; List of Paintings; The Authors' Biosketches; A Paediatrician; A Scientist; A Family; A Mother; A Paediatric Psychologist; The Artist's Biosketch; The Artist: Susan Macfarlane; 1. Introduction to Childhood Leukaemia Mel Greaves and Donald Pinkel; 2. A Paediatrician's Journey Donald Pinkel; Types of Childhood ALL; Early Treatment of Childhood ALL; Working with Professor Sidney Farber; Paediatrics at Roswell Park Cancer Center; St Jude Children's Research Hospital; "Total Therapy" of ALL; Total Therapy Studies I to III; Total Therapy Study IV

Total Therapy Study VTotal Therapy Studies VI to VIII; Curative Therapy of Childhood ALL, 1975-2008; "Spin-offs" of Total Therapy Studies; Current Challenges; General References; Technical References; 3. A Scientist's Journey Mel Greaves; Questions, Questions and Yet More Questions; Who's Who?; When Does it Start: Early Beginnings?; Twins Show the Way; Forensic Blood Spots; Cords Galore; Making Babies and Playing Roulette?; What's the Trigger?; Paradox, or Grandma's Wisdom?; Journey's End?; Acknowledgements; General References; Technical References

4. A Child Psychologist's Journey Jeanette van Dongen-MelmanThe Start of the Journey; Becoming Aware of the Life-Threatening Nature of Leukaemia is a Process; Dealing with Emotions Resulting from Leukaemia; Misconceptions about Dealing with Emotions; Reading the Child's Behaviour and Responding to It; Parents of Children with Leukaemia: Where do We Go from Here?; Siblings: The Forgotten Children; If a Child Dies; All's Well that Ends Well?; Better or Worse Off by the Experience with Leukaemia?; Alleviating Stressors; Concluding Remarks; Acknowledgement; General References

Technical References 5. A Mother's Journey Nicola Horlick; 6. A Family's Journey: The Child Janine Fernandes; Recognition and Realisation; Diagnosis; Treatment; Hair Loss and Havoc; School Life; Second Home; My Best Friends: Freddie and the Infamous Emla Cream; Mum, Dad and Hospital Life; Cocktails, Jelly and Drugs; "One Step Forward, Two Steps Back"; Winning the Race; Looking Forward; A Family's Journey: The Mother Delena Fernandes; Diagnosis; Guilt and Uncertainty; Treatment: The Long Road; Religious Belief: Challenges and Comfort; Friends and Family; Looking Back, Looking Forward

Glossary of Terms Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9789812790415

9812790411

OCLC:

678881407