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Tag Archives: Cancer
How to deal with loss of a loved one? Interview with Pediatric Oncology Social Workers
Helping Children and Families Cope with Serious Illness, Loss, and End-of-Life
When a child is diagnosed with a serious illness, a myriad of medical, physical, financial, psychological, and social issues are suddenly thrust on a family. While doctors and nurses are busy at work with medical treatments, these medical social workers stand by to field the psycho-social concerns of patients and their families. Continue reading
Posted in Professional Advice
Tagged Cancer, Children, Family, Health, Health care, Loss, medicine, Pediatric, Psychology, Social Work
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The Stark Reality About Leukemia and Chemotherapy Treatment
A Film About "Dying Young" is for Those at Any Age Dealing with Cancer
I appropriately write this review as our blog writer Katie drives from San Francisco to Orange County today to be with her mom who starts chemotherapy treatments in the morning. This film “Dying Young“, directed by Joel Schumacher, is, as … Continue reading
Posted in Sharing Suzette
Tagged Battling Cancer, Cancer, Caregiving, Chemotherapy, Dying Young, Film Review, Leukemia
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“A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius” by Dave Eggers
A Memoir of a Strange and Unique Life After the Loss of a Loved One
Through his popular memoir, A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius, San Francisco author Dave Eggers chronicles his experience raising his younger brother Toph after the family loses each of their parents to cancer. The book is, indeed, at times heartbreaking … Continue reading
Posted in Lending Insight
Tagged Book Review, Cancer, Dave Eggers, Family, Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius, Loss of a Loved One, Memoir
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50/50 directed by Jonathan Levine
A Real-to-Life Story About Facing the End-of-Life that Will Make You Laugh and Cry
50/50 is a 2011 biopic that explores the trials of facing terminal illness with candor and without over-dramatization. Based on a true story, this comedy follows Adam, a 27-year-old guy just diagnosed with a rare form of cancer that is … Continue reading
Posted in Lending Insight
Tagged 50/50 Film, Cancer, Chemotherapy, end-of-life, Film Review, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Seth Rogen, terminal illness
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Fighting Cancer, One Joke at a Time
Jokes 4 Miles is Trying to Get 5,000 Jokes from Folks Around the World
Below is a reel from the Jokes 4 Miles campaign, which is soliciting jokes to help 19-year-old Miles Austrevich laugh his way through cancer treatment. If you’d like to submit a joke, you can do it through the Jokes 4 … Continue reading
Posted in Laughter is Medicine
Tagged Cancer, Humor, Jokes, Jokes 4 Miles, Laughter, Video
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Jokes From Around the World Help Teen Fight Cancer
Jokes 4 Miles Helps 19-year-old Laugh His Way Through His Treatment
Miles Austrevich has been fighting brain cancer on and off since 2008. While he’s in the hospital, his father, comedian Len Austrevich, has asked his son’s schoolmates, doctors, comedians, celebrities, and strangers to send jokes to help Miles laugh his … Continue reading
Posted in Something Special
Tagged Cancer, Comedian, Humor, Joke, Len Austrevich, Miles Austrevich, Treatment
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