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Reclaiming Your Life After Diagnosis

The Cancer Support Community Handbook

Foreword by Mehmet Oz
Published by BenBella Books
Distributed by Simon & Schuster

About The Book

A Comprehensive and Compassionate Approach to Cancer Care

Reclaiming Your Life After Diagnosis is packed with incredible information and resources to get you or someone you love through the challenging journey of a cancer diagnosis and treatment. This book accurately and compassionately addresses the physical, emotional, social and practical needs of cancer patients and their support systems.

Find out how to:

Put an effective support and resource team in place to buffer against the challenges of diagnosis and treatment

Build a community to deal with the daunting decisions treatment requires

Develop practical, more effective ways to manage side effects

Deal with complex emotional issues ranging from the shock of initial diagnosis to creating a living legacy and a meaning-filled life

Through powerful, first-person testimony, as well as a plethora of the best tips, evidence-based research, treatment and support information currently available, Reclaiming Your Life After Diagnosis will help cancer patients develop the strength and empowerment they need to stay focused on healing—and to develop the mindset of a survivor.

About The Authors

With a strong background in health care, patient education, and national patient advocacy, Kim Thiboldeaux is the President & CEO of the Cancer Support Community, a combination of The Wellness Community and Gilds' Club as well as one of the largest providers of social and emotional support worldwide.

In the cancer and health care communities, Kim serves as a founding board member of the Education Network to Advance Cancer Clinical Trials, member of the American College of Surgeons Commission on Cancer, co-chair of the Alliance for Quality Psychosocial Care, and advocacy board member of the Ruesch Center for the Cure of GI Cancers at Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center.

Kim is also the host of Frankly Speaking About Cancer with the Cancer Support Community, an award-winning Internet talk radio show that airs weekly on VoiceAmerica.com informing and inspiring listeners to live well with cancer.

Mitch Golant, PhD, is a licensed psychologist and the coauthor of six books, including What to Do When Someone You Love Is Depressed. He lives in Los Angeles.

Product Details

  • Publisher: BenBella Books (June 5, 2012)
  • Length: 306 pages
  • ISBN13: 9781936661879

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