Books - Cancer, Grief, Death

Over the past several years, 1996 - 2000, I had reason to read several books. Among the many I recommend these 5.

1. "Living Downstream - an Ecologist Looks at Cancer and the Environment"
   • Sandra Steingraber, Ph. D.
   • First printing, May 1997, Addison-Wesley Publishing Co.
   • ISBN 0-201-48303-3
2. "Coping with Prednisone - It May Work Miracles, But How Do You Handle the Side Effects?"
   • Eugenia Zukerman and Julie R. Ingelfinger, M.D.
   • Hardback edition, September 1998, St. Martin's Press, N.Y., N.Y.
   • ISBN 0-312-15502-6
3. "How to go on living when someone you love dies"
   • Therese A. Rando, Ph.D., originally published as "Grieving"
   • paperback, published by Bantam Books, August 1991 ISBN 0-553-35269-5
   • Covers adult, child, spouse, parent death. Sudden or anticipated.
4. "Diagnosis Cancer" Your Guide Through The First Few Months
   • Wendy Schlessel Harpham, M.D.
   • W.W. Norton & Company, 1992 ISBN 0-393-30982-8 (PBK)
   • Author is an internist and a cancer patient. Excellent
5. "How We Die" Reflections on Life's Final Chapter
   • Sherwin B. Nuland, M.D.
   • paperback, Vintage Books (Random House) ISBN 0-679-74244-1
   • Challenging to read, but enlightening, especially on cancer deaths