Title Standing on his own two feet : a diary of dying / Sue Grant ; foreword by David Clark.

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London ; Philadelphia : Jessica Kingsley Publishers, 2005.

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Description	1 online resource (173 pages)
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references (page 173).
Contents	Starting out -- Moving to independency -- Back to square one -- Life in hospital -- Life at home -- A new leg -- Mixed outlook -- Better days -- Happiness -- Relapse -- Winding down -- The last weeks -- Saying goodbye -- Bridges.
Summary	'Although I have been immersed in these issues about 15 years, this book gripped me and moved me profoundly. It manages to achieve sensitivity without sentimentality, and highlights the humanity and dignity of Alexander and his family, during some very undignified experiences ... This book needs to be read by everyone.'. - Myrna Whiteson, The Teenage Cancer Trust, UK. Alexander had just begun his studies at university when he was diagnosed with a rare bone cancer. In this honest account, Alex's mother traces the impact of the diagnosis on the whole family and outlines the issues that arose durin.
Note	Print version record.
Subject	Grant, Alexander -- Health.
	Grant, Alexander. (OCoLC)fst00497362
	Bones -- Cancer -- Patients -- Great Britain -- Biography.
	Terminally ill -- Great Britain -- Biography.
	Grant, Alexander.
	BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- Social Scientists & Psychologists.
	HEALTH & FITNESS -- Diseases -- Cancer.
	Bones -- Cancer -- Patients. (OCoLC)fst00836001
	Health. (OCoLC)fst00952743
	Terminally ill. (OCoLC)fst01147878
	Great Britain. (OCoLC)fst01204623
Genre/Form	Biography. (OCoLC)fst01423686
Other Form:	Print version: Grant, Sue, 1954- Standing on his own two feet. London ; Philadelphia : Jessica Kingsley Publishers, 2005 1843103680 (DLC) 2005001867 (OCoLC)57515014
ISBN	1846421233 (electronic bk.)
	9781846421235 (electronic bk.)

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