patients

Type: 
Topical Term
Subfield: 
x
Alias: 
patients

Wasted

a memoir of anorexia and bulimia
1998
The author reflects on her fourteen-year battle with bulimia and anorexia, discussing how the eating disorders have affected her life from childhood through the present day.

Thinking big

the story of a young dwarf
1986
Text and photographs depict the life of an eight-year-old dwarf who lives in an average-sized family and attends a regular school.

Taking cystic fibrosis to school

2000
Illustrations and simple text help children learn what cystic fibrosis is and how it is dealt with.

Lance Armstrong

determined to beat the odds
2005
Presents a short biography of professional cyclist, Lance Armstrong, and chronicles his childhood and early interest in sports, his bout with cancer, and his six Tour de France championships.

Where's mom's hair?

a family's journey through cancer
2005
Cover the steps of a woman's cancer treatment from the perspective of her two young sons, and contains photographs that describe the ways in which their family and friends supported their mom through her operation and chemotherapy.

Our mom has cancer

2001
Two sisters, ages eleven and thirteen, describe what it was like for them when their mother was diagnosed with breast cancer and underwent surgery and chemotherapy.

Sports great Magic Johnson

1992
A biography of the superstar basketball player, from his childhood through his career with the Los Angeles Lakers to his present HIV-positive status and campaign against AIDS.

A very hungry girl

how I filled up on life--and how you can, too!
2003
Jessica Weiner chronicles her struggles to overcome low self esteem, depression, and an eating disorder, and shares how she finally began to accept her body and begin appreciating and enjoying life.

To Live Again

2001
Dawn Rochelle, a seventeen-year-old girl with leukemia, suffers partial paralysis after three years in remission and, despite her doctors' optimism about her recovery, she wonders how she can find the strength to go on living with her disease.

Pages

Subscribe to RSS - patients