"They Never Want to Tell You": Children Talk about Cancer

by David Bearison and David J. Bearison

They Never Want to Tell You transcends the negative metaphors and clich s of life-threatening disease, to give voice to the culture of cancer and to the behavior and attitudes of those who function within that culture-as patients, medical professionals, family, and friends.

In these extraordinary narratives, children coping with cancer reveal their most personal experiences, and they speak with a candor that breaks through...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0674188144
• ISBN13: 9780674188143
• Release Date: February 1991
• Publisher: Harvard University Press
• Length: 208 Pages
• Weight: 1.04 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.1" x 9.2"