Coping with cancer a patient pocket book of thoughts, advice, and inspiration for the ill

• Main Authors: Decker, Veronica Blaha (Author), Weller-Ferris, Linda (Author)
• Format: Book
• Language: English
• Published: U.S.A Hygeia Media 2009
• Subjects: Cancer > Psychological aspects; Cancer > Patients
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• Physical Description: 74 pages 22 cm
• Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references
• ISBN: 9781890504793; 1890504793

Coping With Cancer: A Patient Pocket Book of Thoughts, Advice, and Inspiration for the Ill will empower your patients with the knowledge, wisdom, and good judgment they need when facing illness. While your patients are dealing with a jumble of feelings as they struggle with upcoming treatment, physical barriers, and pain, and what they see as an uncertain future, this book will help them manage their private thoughts and personal emotions. Providing coping strategies, this handbook will advise patients with cancer on a variety of social and psychological issues as they combat their illness. In the worst of times, they'll be able to find within the pages of this new handbook the simple words of advice to help them along. When they're feeling overwhelmed, this book will help them gain a more positive perspective. Written by clinicians who have comforted and treated thousands of patients over their years of practice, ""Coping With Cancer"" is crowded with their joint experience. This new book is published by Hygeia Media, an imprint of the Oncology Nursing Society for patients, their families, nurses, and caregivers. Filled with tips on coping, hints on finding one-minute pleasures, and ways of sustaining hope and creating positive thoughts, this book should be at your patients' side as they deal with illness