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The cancer guide : how to nurture wellbeing through and beyond a cancer diagnosis / Anne-Marie O'Dwyer, MD.

Summary:

"The Cancer Guide is a definitive and inspirational book designed to help patients, partners, family and work colleagues navigate the trials and difficulties associated with cancer and its treatment. With over forty years' worth of experience to her name, O'Dwyer writes about cancer with humanity and clarity, helping to combat the myths and misinformation surrounding the disease in an age of information overload. Adopting an integrated biological and psychological perspective, O'Dwyer highlights the person at the heart of every treatment, providing helpful advice and shared experiences that are able to destigmatize the shame, fear and denial faced by those affected by cancer. The Cancer Guide is an empowering and informative book for all those whose lives and loved ones have been touched by cancer"-- Provided by publisher.

Record details

ISBN: 9781538199237
ISBN: 1538199238
Physical Description: viii, 187 pages ; 22 cm
Edition: First Rowman & Littlefield edition.
Publisher: Lanham, Maryland : Rowman & Littlefield, an imprint of The Rowman & Littlefield Publishing Group, Inc., [2024]
Copyright: ©2024

Content descriptions

General Note:

Includes index.

"Originally published in 2024 by Bedford Square Publishers Ltd., London, UK"--Title page verso.

Formatted Contents Note:

Prologue: A letter to the reader -- Introduction: Cancer in context -- Section I: A cancer diagnosis. Before diagnosis : the worry of cancer -- Cancer : seeking a diagnosis : the "tunnel of tests" -- Cancer : receiving a diagnosis : "picking up the pieces" -- Section II: Moving to cancer treatment--a psycho-oncology perspective. Knowing your cancer treatment team -- Cancer treatments : medical oncology -- Cancer treatments : surgery and radiotherapy -- Section III: The impact of cancer. Cancer and thoughts : the cancer myths -- Cancer and the spectrum of distress -- Cancer and fatigue -- Cancer and sleep, intimacy, body image, infertility, and other issues -- Section IV: Life after cancer. When treatment end : when rehabilitation starts -- After cancer : reclaiming your life I: choices, physical health, and work -- After cancer : reclaiming your life II: managing the social situations -- Section V: Your cancer and others. Families and friends -- Cancer : your doctors are human too -- Section VI: Cancer and dying. Cancer and dying -- Epilogue -- Appendix -- Acknowledgments -- Index -- About the author.