Cancer: The Complete Recovery Guide [Paperback]

Jonathan Chamberlain (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: May 1, 2008

This 2008 edition has now been updated - and very substantially enlarged (it is 40% bigger) - and is now available in eight short books called the Cancer: Complete Recovery Guide series.

There are dozens of cures for cancer. When Jonathan's wife, Bernadette, was diagnosed with cancer, Jonathan realised he knew nothing about the disease. "What I needed was a sane, personal, intelligent and critical voice that could lead me through these contending beliefs; that could put both sides of the case and point up the limitations of any arguments there might be. But I never found this voice. So, I have taken it upon myself to provide this voice for others. This then is the book I wish I had had at hand when Bern was diagnosed with cancer." "Chamberlain has a voice that is at once humble and powerful. I like writers that cut to the chase, and then do not skimp on the practical details... and I really like his attitude. He speaks from the heart, but clearly wants you to use your head. Good combination." - Andrew Saul, PhD, Doctor Yourself Website "Thank you for the organization of a fragmented body of information. This book is now the reference book on alternative treatments." - Jim Cole "I now can recommend your book. as 'the' book to read. You have covered just about everything that I have read, and it took me over twenty books and innumerable downloads to do it. The book is more precious than gold!" - Richard Thompson, cancer patient "This book tells me everything I want to know. Why didn't my doctor tell me this?" - Rev. Bill Newbern

Editorial Reviews

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"your book is authoritative, reputable, and much more comprehensive and better balanced than the vast majority of other books on the topic. Also, it has much valuable material that I don't recall seeing in any other book." - Leonard Rosenbaum, Int'l Association of Cancer Victors.

 

'These books should be on the shelves of every medical practitioner who counsels or treats cancer patients, as well as cancer patients and their families.'--Positive Health Magazine

'I work with cancer patients and have found this book incredibly helpful to them (and me & my work colleagues). Very well laid out, well written.' - S. Lumley, cancer patient counsellor

Mr Chamberlain has a voice that is at once humble and powerful. I like writers that cut to the chase, and then do not skimp on the practical details... and I really like his attitude. He speaks from the heart, but clearly wants you to use your head. Good combination. --Doctor Yourself Newsletter

Review

Chamberlain is not a physician, and that may be all the better when it comes to writing a guide to alternative cancer therapies. He is a good writer and avoids slathering on the medical jargon that makes most health books arcane or tedious.

...If we could get the health professional and the worried family member to just read Chamberlain's "basics on cancer," the road to trying alternative therapies will be far easier for the patient.

...Chamberlain looks at the therapies that have the most background, like Gerson's diet and colonic enemas, and at the ones that appear to be the least supportable, such as Hulda Clark's contention that all cancers arise from an intestinal fluke and exposure to propyl alcohol from household and cosmetic product use. With a nice index, the patient and the doctor can have a "15-second" read about a medical alternative right at their fingertips. I am delighted to have found Chamberlain's work in such an easy-to-read form. With patient anecdotes and connections to patients' treatment strategies through their own websites, this book deserves to be placed in the patient library or to be offered for sale from the dispensary.

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Product Details

• Paperback: 384 pages
• Publisher: Long Island Press (May 1, 2008)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0954596013
• ISBN-13: 978-0954596019
• Product Dimensions: 9 x 7.3 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.4 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #417,363 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

I decided to be a writer at the age of 16 because Hemingway made it seem both fun and easy! How wrong can you be? Now, many years later, writing is still the most interesting thing I do. My books are almost always a response to a problem of ignorance. I didn't know anything about Chinese folk religion but I wanted to know who the Gods were so I wrote Chinese Gods; I didn't know about the alternative approaches to cancer so I wrote Cancer: The Complete Recovery Guide. King Hui was an exploration into the life of a Chinese playboy and Wordjazz for Stevie a celebration of the life of my profoundly handicapped daughter who brought meaning into my life. To see some very flattering reviews of these books go to www.blacksmithbooks.com. Also I have a website at www.fightingcancer.com and a blog at www.cancerfighter.wordpress.com

Customer Reviews

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16 of 18 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A very complete and accessible guide to cancer, June 10, 2008

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Jonathan Chamberlain (uk) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Cancer: The Complete Recovery Guide (Paperback)

This book tells you what cancer is; what the pros and cons are with surgery, radiation and chemotherapy; what the other new mainstream treatments are; why cancer research is failing and what the alternative therapies are that many people are doing - often with great success: the additional diagnostic tests you might want to consider; the detox regimes; the diets, herbs, vitamins, supplements and other approaches that have helped. And it tells you about the pioneers that have been vilified despite anecdotal reports of success - and so on. This book aims to provide a complete picture of the world of cancer. And it does so without hectoring or vilifying people who hold different opinions. It recognises that we are all different and will make different choices. I should declare my own interest in this book. I am the author and I researched this book as a result of my wife dying from cancer (and from the direct effects of the treatment she submitted to). I vowed that I would not go the same way - but I needed to know what the options were. This book was written above all to inform myself. In the book I tell the stories of over a dozen people who recovered from their cancers using alternative approaches - and they used different approaches so I think it is fair to say there are dozens of cures for cancer - but you can't do them if you don't know what they are. And this book is written to be accessible. One reader wrote to me: " I devoured the entire [book] in one sitting. As I read hope grew and grew. I just wanted to say thank you from the bottom of my heart. You gave us hope when all we could see was despair and you gave us a path when we thought all was lost. "

3 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Cancer: The Complete Recovery Guide, August 24, 2008

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This review is from: Cancer: The Complete Recovery Guide (Paperback)

A very well written book and beautifully organized and easy to read and understand!

June

4 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A must for anyone who fears the dreadful diagnosis, December 6, 2008

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Midwest Book Review (Oregon, WI USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Cancer: The Complete Recovery Guide (Paperback)

With modern medicine, Cancer is no longer a death sentence. "Cancer: The Complete Recovery Guide" is an inspirational guide dedicated to battling cancer and doing everything one can to fight the disease and hopefully overcome it. Doing its best to arm the reader with knowledge from everything about the various tests one must endure when faced with cancer to possible lifestyle alterations to various treatment methods, it lets the reader know that knowledge is power and to never give up. With many heart wrenching and heart warming stories as well, "Cancer: The Complete Recovery Guide" is a must for anyone who fears the dreadful diagnosis.