Living with Cancer: A Step-By-Step Guide for Coping Medically and Emotionally with a Serious Diagnosis

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Price
$22.95  $21.34
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press
Publish Date
Pages
368
Dimensions
5.9 X 9.2 X 1.0 inches | 1.1 pounds
Language
English
Type
Paperback
EAN/UPC
9781421422336

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About the Author

Vicki A. Jackson, MD, MPH, is the chief of palliative care at Massachusetts General Hospital. David P. Ryan, MD, is the chief of hematology/oncology at Massachusetts General Hospital. Michelle D. Seaton is the coauthor of The Way of Boys: Raising Healthy Boys in a Challenging and Complex World and The Cardiac Recovery Handbook: The Complete Guide to Life after Heart Attack or Heart Surgery.

Reviews

"An unusually comforting and genuinely useful resource."

--Booklist

"For anyone who has been diagnosed with cancer, or for those who have friends of family facing this illness, this guide will be an extremely invaluable resource. Patients at any stage of the disease will find rich, useful information that can help them cope more effectively with their illness."

--Foreword Reviews

"Ryan and Jackson offer patients and their families useful step-by-step advice. It comes at a time of unusual excitement in the field, thanks to new treatments that hold the promise of making long, full lives with cancer far more common."

--Boston Globe Magazine

"I recommend this fantastic step-by-step guidebook to anyone dealing with cancer as a patient, or as a family member or friend. It is also a basic book for carers and support workers and a fantastic resource for nurses and doctors to refresh their knowledge."

--Macmillan Cancer Review