Cancer in Young Adults: Through Parents' Eyes

Based on the use of narrative material written by parents whose young adult children have been diagnosed with cancer, this work addresses issues such as sexuality and fertility, independence, the need for normality, the effect on siblings, the ownership of medical information, and financial issues. Grinyer, a lecturer at the Institute for Health Research and the School of Independent Studies at Lancaster University, presents the outcome of one family's research on coping with cancer in young adults. Drawing on narrative material from parents whose young adult children have been diagnosed with cancer, the book addresses issues such as sexuality, independence, the effect on siblings and parents, the ownership of medical information, and emotional consequences of the illness.