Includes bibliographical references and index.

Ramenomics -- Resources: health insurance and financial guidance -- When g-d things happen to sick people -- Resources: spiritual questions, critical paperwork -- Single -- Resources: dating, cancer sex ed, body image, relationships -- Human spectacles -- Resources: clinical trials, family matters -- Malignant and indignant -- Resources: employment issues, peer support -- Something in the air -- Resources: cancer and the environment, building support systems -- Mortality bites -- Resources: "out" patient, end-of-life issues -- The myth of eternal optimism -- Resources: emotional support, coping with pain -- It girl -- Resources: young adult caregivers, student life -- The fix -- Resources: working the system -- Off the map -- Resources: alternative medicine, mind and body -- Naked in the streets -- Resources: making a difference -- Fluke -- Resources: conducting research, fertility and adoption.