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Legal Issues in Cancer Caregiving

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Cancer Caregiving in the United States

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The importance of looking at the legal issues of being a caregiver of a cancer patient is underscored by the number of people diagnosed with cancer and the number of individuals who serve as caregivers. A total of 1,399,790 new cancer cases and 564,830 deaths from cancer are expected in the United States in 2006 (Jemal et al., CA: A Cancer Journal for Clinicians, 56:106–130, 2006).

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  1. DeKalb County Courthouse, 133 West State Street, 60178, Sycamore, IL, USA

    Marilyn Frank-Stromborg

  2. Division of Nursing, Martin Methodist College, 433 West Madison Street, 38478, Pulaski, TN, USA

    Kenneth R. Burns Ph.D.

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  1. Western Kentucky University, Bowling Green, Kentucky, USA

    Ronda C. Talley

  2. School of Nursing, Yale University, New Haven, USA

    Ruth McCorkle

  3. Department of Behavioral Science, University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer, Houston, USA

    Walter F. Baile

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Frank-Stromborg, M., Burns, K.R. (2012). Legal Issues in Cancer Caregiving. In: Talley, R., McCorkle, R., Baile, W. (eds) Cancer Caregiving in the United States. Caregiving: Research • Practice • Policy. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-3154-1_13

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