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http://www.amazon.com/Coping-Chemotherapy-Sandra-Giddens/dp/082393361X/Explains what chemotherapy is, how it is used to treat cancer, and its physical and emotional side effectsEditorial ReviewsFrom School Library JournalGrade 6 Up-In spite of the title, Alagna’s book does not give everything one needs to know about chemotherapy, but it is an acceptable outline. The first two chapters explain what this treatment is and how it works. The major side effects are named and a few suggestions are offered on how to deal with them. While it is true that some people experience little discomfort, that is not always the case, and the difficulties are glossed over. The last chapter discusses doctor-patient relationships. The color photographs are sharply reproduced. The Giddenses’ valuable, down-to-earth resource offers lots of advice on how to deal with the physical and emotional effects of treatments and includes helpful accounts of patients’ and doctors’ personal experiences. There is a brief explanation of major cancers, what chemotherapy is, and how it is used. The realistic descriptions of side effects and numerous suggestions for combating them will help readers cope. Questions to ask the doctor are suggested. This book is more realistic and detailed than Alagna’s title. David Drum’s Making the Chemotherapy Decision (Lowell House, 1996) is within the abilities of teen readers although published as an adult book.Martha Gordon, formerly at South Salem Library, NY5.0 out of 5 stars a much needed book October 2, 2001By j.g.The authors handled the subject of Coping with Chemotherapy in a sensitive and caring manner. Members of my family have undergone chemotherapy and by reading this book it has allowed me to understand what they may have gone through both physically and emotionally. This book is a must have and I highly recommend it for teens.Please contribute back by OCRing and Spellcheck/Proofreading this book. I recommend ABBYY Finereader 11 (or similar) for doing this work in a relatively easy way. If you plan to do that please leave a comment here so the effort won’t be duplicated by others. Please upload back the final pdf. Thank you.Please note that the high quality scan images are posted here for a specific purpose – to make it easy to OCR/spellcheck the book and not spend 100 hours doing that from a crappy, lossy compressed pdfs that are sometimes posted here. So please don’t waste your time asking why this is not a pdf file. Instead please contribute a few hours of your time and OCR and proofread the posted book. Thank you.