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Loving, Supporting, and Caring for the Cancer Patient : A Guide to Communication, Compassion, and Courage.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: Blue Ridge Summit : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Incorporated, 2016Copyright date: ©2016Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (213 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9781442266162
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Loving, Supporting, and Caring for the Cancer PatientDDC classification:
  • 362.196994
LOC classification:
  • RC263.G653 2016eb
Online resources:
Contents:
Intro -- CONTENTS -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- Chapter 1. THE BASICS -- Chapter 2. REVEALING A CANCER DIAGNOSIS -- Chapter 3. A LIFE OF UNCERTAINTY -- Chapter 4. THE NATURE OF LOSSES -- Chapter 5. CONVERSATIONS -- Chapter 6. DISCOMFORT, PAIN, AND SUFFERING -- Chapter 7. EASING A LOVED ONE'S DEATH -- Chapter 8. RECOVERING JOY -- NOTES -- Appendix. WHAT TO DO FOR YOURLOVED ONE AND HOW TO DO IT -- BIBLIOGRAPHY -- INDEX.
Summary: Loving, Supporting, and Caring for the Cancer Patient is the first book to show readers how to transform the compassion felt for someone living with cancer into helpful behaviors based on suggestions from cancer patients themselves. It not only describes why certain actions are important, but also how to implement them.
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Intro -- CONTENTS -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- Chapter 1. THE BASICS -- Chapter 2. REVEALING A CANCER DIAGNOSIS -- Chapter 3. A LIFE OF UNCERTAINTY -- Chapter 4. THE NATURE OF LOSSES -- Chapter 5. CONVERSATIONS -- Chapter 6. DISCOMFORT, PAIN, AND SUFFERING -- Chapter 7. EASING A LOVED ONE'S DEATH -- Chapter 8. RECOVERING JOY -- NOTES -- Appendix. WHAT TO DO FOR YOURLOVED ONE AND HOW TO DO IT -- BIBLIOGRAPHY -- INDEX.

Loving, Supporting, and Caring for the Cancer Patient is the first book to show readers how to transform the compassion felt for someone living with cancer into helpful behaviors based on suggestions from cancer patients themselves. It not only describes why certain actions are important, but also how to implement them.

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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2024. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.

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