Cancer: Suffering in Silence -- Cancer: The Disease -- Changes in the Praxis of Science: Qualitative Research -- Suffering and Cancer -- The Illness Experience as a Source of Suffering -- Knowing Suffering through Cancer -- Lessons Learned and the "Gifts" Offered -- A Word of Advice to the Reader -- Cancer Paths: The Science -- Breast Cancer -- Treating Breast Cancer -- Living with Breast Cancer -- Ovarian Cancer -- The Nature of Ovarian Cancer -- Treating Ovarian Cancer -- Living with Ovarian Cancer -- Malignant Melanoma -- Treating Malignant Melanoma -- Living with Malignant Melanoma -- The Cancer Stories -- Construction of the Narratives -- Untold Suffering: Courage of the Human Spirit -- Living in a State of Uncertainty: Breast Cancer -- Lessons Learned: Julia's Gifts to Us -- Sarah -- Running the Distance: Breast Cancer -- Lessons Learned: Sarah's Gifts to Us -- Living on Trust: Breast Cancer -- Lessons Learned: Madeline's Gifts to Us -- Faith in a Cure: Ovarian Cancer -- Lessons Learned: Kay's Gifts to Us -- A Lonely Journey: Malignant Melanoma -- Lessons Learned: John's Gifts to Us -- Cancer: On Life and Suffering -- Cancer: Suffering within the Context of Live -- Life and the Work of Suffering -- Meaning in the Cancer Experience -- Living Fully with Cancer
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