 | Cancer in the Lives of Older Americans: Blessings and Battles Subjects: Geriatric oncology -- United States; Cancer -- Psychological aspects -- United States; Older people -- Diseases -- United States; Little has been written to guide clinicians, social scientists, families, and individuals about cancer among the "oldest old." In Cancer in the Lives of Older Americans , Sarah H. Kagan approaches this problem from the perspective of more than twenty years of practice, inquiry, and education as a nurse. Sarah H. Kagan, Ph.D., R.N., is Ralston House Term Professor of Gerontological Nursing at the School of Nursing and a Clinical Nurse Specialist at the Abramson Cancer Center at the University of Pennsylvania. She was named a MacArthur Fellow in 2004. |
