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Cancer and humiliation: The “catch 22” of disease

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In the author's own words: I am a cancer patient involved in an agonizing struggle against disease. I decided to write about the humiliating aspects of cancer because I have experienced them firsthand. I know them all too well. I have incorporated my feelings about the humiliation of disease ... hoping they may help the reader better understand.

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  1. Department of Psychology at Davidson College in Davidson, North Carolina

    Cynthia McGinnis Richards & Edward L. Palmer Ph.D. (Professor and Chair)

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Cynthia McGinnis Richards died of Hodgkin's Disease in February 1988.

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Richards, C.M., Palmer, E.L. Cancer and humiliation: The “catch 22” of disease. J Relig Health 30, 331–336 (1991). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00986904

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