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9780060173715

The Human Side of Cancer

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  • ISBN13:

    9780060173715

  • ISBN10:

    0060173718

  • Format: Hardcover
  • Copyright: 2000-08-17
  • Publisher: HarperCollins Publications
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Summary

The emotional consequences of cancer are probed in this compassionate look at the difficulties of this disease, from the diagnosis through the rigors of treatment. 50,000 first printing.

Author Biography

Jimmie C. Holland, M.D. is chairman of the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center in New York City and Professor of psychiatry at Weill Medical College of Cornell University.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments xi
What Is the Human Side of Cancer?
1(12)
The Tyranny of Positive Thinking
13(13)
The Mind-Body Connection and Cancer
26(13)
The Diagnosis: ``I Could Die of This''
39(11)
Working Together
50(18)
Coping
68(24)
The Human Side of Cancer Treatments
92(24)
The Human Side of Specific Cancers
116(19)
All Medicine Doesn't Come in a Bottle: Psychological Treatment
135(44)
Alternative and Complementary Therapies
179(11)
``I'm a Survivor---Now What?''
190(31)
Staying Healthy
221(18)
The Goal Is Control
239(11)
The Last Taboo
250(26)
The Family and Cancer
276(18)
How Do I Go On?
294(21)
Epilogue 315(2)
Resources 317(16)
Index 333

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