Work & Illness: The Cancer Patient

Barofsky, Ivan:

ISBN 10: 0275923908 / ISBN 13: 9780275923907

Published by ABC-CLIO, 1989

About this Item

195 pages Good condition. Retired library exemplar with usual stamps and stickers. Reading pages are clean. Corners slightly rubbed or bumped. 9780275923907 Sprache: Englisch Gewicht in Gramm: 458 Hardcover ; 23.4 x 15.6 x 1.3 cm.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Work & Illness: The Cancer Patient
• Publisher: ABC-CLIO
• Publication Date: 1989
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0275923908
• ISBN 13: 9780275923907
• Binding: Hardcover
• Seller catalogs:
  • Gesundheit

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Synopsis

Is the cancer patient an object of job discrimination? Are the discriminatory claims of AIDS patients and patients of other chronic diseases accurate? According to this book the question is a moot one for its occurrence is an inevitable consequence of our social system and the characteristics of the disease. Work and Illness starts with the premise that work is a principle determinant in the quality of one's life particularly in the presence of a chronic illness. This book forcefully concludes that the study of the impact of chronic diseases on the labor market is not only a legitimate economic study but a social imperative to action. Ivan Barofsky, who in his position at the National Cancer Institute has focused on the quality of life of the cancer patient for the last ten years, takes the first step in this process. He has compiled the best available text on what is becoming a major social concern.

The book, divided into two major sections, first provides an in-depth review of the available data on the work history of the cancer patient. The second section provides specific recommendations for future research and policy issues. In addition, the book discusses: work and insurance experiences of the cancer patient; the failure of the NCI sponsored Work-able Project; research agenda; policy objectives.

About the Author

IVAN BAROFSKY is a psychologist whose career includes teaching, research, and government service. Work and Illness: The Cancer Patient is his fifth publication.