Loving, supporting, and caring for the cancer patient : a guide to communication, compassion, and courage

Goldberg, Stan 1945- (author.).

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, "--Baker & Taylor.

Record details

ISBN: 9781442266155
ISBN: 1442266155
Physical Description: print
xi, 199 pages ; 23 cm
Publisher: Lanham : Rowman & Littlefield, 2016.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:	Includes bibliographical references (pages 183-194) and index.
Formatted Contents Note:	The basics -- Revealing a cancer diagnosis -- A life of uncertainty -- The nature of losses -- Conversations -- Discomfort, pain, and suffering -- Easing a loved one's death -- Recovering joy.