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Facing Cancer and the Fear of Death: A Psychoanalytic Perspective on Treatment
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Facing Cancer and the Fear of Death: A Psychoanalytic Perspective on Treatment Hardcover - 2012 - 1st Edition

by Norman Straker (Editor); Contribution by John W. Barnhill; Contribution by Dan Birger


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In Facing Cancer and the Fear of Death: A Psychoanalytic Perspective on Treatment, Dr. Norman Straker proposes that "death anxiety" is responsible for the American society's failure to address costly futile care at the end of life.

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  • Title Facing Cancer and the Fear of Death: A Psychoanalytic Perspective on Treatment
  • Author Norman Straker (Editor); Contribution by John W. Barnhill; Contribution by Dan Birger
  • Binding Hardcover
  • Edition number 1st
  • Edition 1
  • Pages 170
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Jason Aronson
  • Date 2012-12-27
  • Features Bibliography, Index
  • ISBN 9780765709653 / 0765709651
  • Weight 0.95 lbs (0.43 kg)
  • Dimensions 9.1 x 6.2 x 0.7 in (23.11 x 15.75 x 1.78 cm)
  • Themes
    • Aspects (Academic): Psychological
    • Topical: Death/Dying
    • Topical: Health & Fitness
  • Library of Congress subjects Psychoanalysis, Death - Psychological aspects
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 2012044631
  • Dewey Decimal Code 616.994

About the author

Norman Straker, MD, offers an approach for facing death and the treatment of cancer patients based on 35 years of clinical experience. One of the original faculty members of the very first psycho-oncology services under the leadership of Dr. Jimmie Holland at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, Dr. Straker is still engaged in pedagogy and research at the center. He also teaches at Weill Cornell College of Medicine, Mt. Sinai Medical Center, and the New York Psychoanalytic Institute. A psychoanalyst by trade, Dr. Straker has chaired the discussion group, "Psychoanalysis and Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy of Cancer Patients" at the American Psychoanalytic Association for more than 25 years. He is in private practice in New York City.
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