Coping with the Emotional Impact of Cancer: Become an Active Patient and Take Charge of Your Treatment [Paperback]

Neil Fiore (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: October 1, 2009

Encouraging cancer patients to be actively involved in their treatment, Neil A. Fiore, Ph.D., a psychologist, author, and 30-year survivor of a terminal cancer diagnosis, dramatically demonstrates in Coping with the Emotional Impact of Cancer how patients can maintain personal control of their lives while subject to sometimes harsh treatments. Offering hope and reassurance, Fiore provides practical tools for: managing the initial shock at receiving a cancer diagnosis, lessening stress and worry, combating depression, preparing your body for treatment, and living a rich full life with cancer despite the fear and possibility of recurrence. Drawing on his training in psychology, self-hypnosis, focusing, and visualization, Fiore offers practical techniques for coping with the emotional and physical impact of this life-threatening disease. He shows how to establish team relationships with doctors and therapists, communicate with family and friends, and deal with feelings of helplessness. He also offers support for facing the fear of diagnosis and reducing the stresses of therapy. This book is a powerful ally in becoming an active patient and coping with the side effects of surgery, radiation, and chemotherapy. Showing ways to build emotional support systems with physicians, family and friends, it demonstrates how personal attitudes can have an enormous impact on the course of recovery. Dr. Neil Fiore is a Godsend to those making the journey through cancer. His wise and practical advice, which comes from personal experience as well as years of working with others on a healing path, is a gift beyond measure. -Joan Borysenko, Ph.D., author of Minding the Body, Mending the Mind

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...a book that may save your life. Don't enter an oncologist's office without it. (Rachel Naomi Remen, author of Kitchen Table Wisdom and My Grandfather's Blessing )

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Become an active patient and build your emotional support systems Drawing on his experience as a thirty-year survivor of a "terminal" cancer diagnosis and his training as a licensed psychologist, Neil Fiore provides deep insight and practical tools for: * managing the initial shock at receiving a cancer diagnosis * lessening stress and worry * combating depression * preparing your body for treatment * living a rich full life with cancer despite the fear and possibility of recurrence Wise and compassionate, this book shows patients and their families how to work with medical caregivers, communicate with each other, and overcome feelings of helplessness. "I found myself saying `yes' over and over as I read each chapter. A breast cancer survivor, and an oncology social worker, I found wisdom and insight scattered throughout the pages." --Patricia Fobair, LCSW, MPH, author and editor, Learning to Live Again and clinical social worker at Stanford University Medical Center's radiation oncology department

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Product Details

• Paperback: 224 pages
• Publisher: Bay Tree Publishing (October 1, 2009)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0980175836
• ISBN-13: 978-0980175837
• Product Dimensions: 9 x 6.5 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 9.6 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #756,057 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Dr. Neil Fiore (CA) is the bestselling author of The Now Habit and The Road Back to Health. He was a paratrooper with the 101st Airborne, a manager for Johnson & Johnson, and has worked as a psychologist at the Counseling Center of the University of California, Berkeley. Neil now conducts seminars and lectures at major schools and businesses, including the Smithsonian Institute, the University of California, Berkeley Extension, and the New York Open Center. www.neilfiore.com

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5.0 out of 5 stars A fine and solidly recommended read for those who want to equip themselves and their loved ones with the tools to face the worst, December 11, 2009

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This review is from: Coping with the Emotional Impact of Cancer: Become an Active Patient and Take Charge of Your Treatment (Paperback)

Cancer is a life changing thing to face and try to overcome. "Coping with the Emotional Impact of Cancer: Become an Active Patient and Take Charge of Your Treatment" is a guide for those facing cancer and want to fight it off the best that they can through a positive attitude and not letting it beat you on a psychological front. "Coping with the Emotional Impact of Cancer" is a fine and solidly recommended read for those who want to equip themselves and their loved ones with the tools to face the worst.