Live Longer, Live Larger: A Holistic Approach for Cancer Patients and Their Families [Paperback]

William M. Buchholz MD (Author)

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Product Description

Millions of patients and family members will face cancer this year. That diagnosis precipitates a confusing swirl of shock and fear, pressure to make important decisions about treatment, and the need to maintain hope for the future. There can be a struggle to balance the desire to find a cure and the wish to prevent side effects of treatment. Live Longer, Live Larger distills the experience and hard-won wisdom of patients and family members who have dealt with life- threatening illness. Its stories, exercises, and tools can help you survive a diagnosis of cancer to live longer, more meaningfully, and with a higher quality of life, regardless of prognosis or stage of disease. Topics covered include:

Conquering fearFinding the right treatment for youUsing hope as good medicineSurmounting barriers to treatmentIncreasing quality and meaning of lifeRedefining your relationship with cancerFinding opportunity amidst the crisis

Authors William M. Buchholz, M.D., Hematology and Oncology, and Susan W. Buchholz, Ph.D., Clinical Psychology, have worked for decades with patients facing life-threatening illness. Along with their training and experience, they bring a deep respect for the teachings of their patients.

About the Author

Dr. William Buchholz is a graduate of Harvard University and Stanford Medical School. He is board certified in internal medicine and hematology and has practiced hematology and oncology for over 25 years. He has served as a consultant to the Commonweal Cancer Help Program (featured on Bill Moyer's series, Healing and the Mind), helped create holistic health centers in Japan, and help develop hospice and patient support services in the San Francisco Bay area. Dr. Buchholz has lectured internationally on such topics as cancer prevention, hospice and palliative care, and complementary medicine and the medical uses of hope. His articles have been published both in scientific journals like NEJM and JAMA and in popular books like Chicken Soup for the Surviving Soul. Dr. Susan Buchholz is a graduate of Johns Hopkins' Physician Assistant program and received her Ph.D. in clinical health psychology from the Fielding Institute. She has advanced training in biofeedback, self-hypnosis and the Enneagram. She counsels both couples and individuals facing medical illness as well as those dealing with anxiety and depression. She describes her job as "untangling the knots that keep people trapped in unhealthy lives." Drs. William and Susan Buchholz have practiced together as a team in Mountain View, California, since 1978 and have offered workshops on wellness, cancer prevention, and "The Successful Cancer Patient" to audiences ranging from IBM, Lockheed, and Apple Computer to PTAs and churches.

Product Details

• Paperback: 408 pages
• Publisher: Patient Centered Guides; 1 edition (August 15, 2001)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1565928458
• ISBN-13: 978-1565928459
• Product Dimensions: 9.2 x 7 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.4 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #142,159 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Offering hope, meaning for lives of cancer patients, October 12, 2001

By	Todd Madigan (Mountain View, CA USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Live Longer, Live Larger: A Holistic Approach for Cancer Patients and Their Families (Paperback)

Offering hope, meaning for lives of cancer patients

"LIVE LONGER, LIVE LARGER: A Holistic Approach For Cancer Patients and Families" offers a compassionate approach to cancer patient care that focuses on the whole person, not just the disease. Through their practice, this husband and wife work with each patient to construct a strategy for dealing with life-threatening illness. Reading this book is like having an unhurried consultation with them.
" Live Longer," outlines the strategy as a plan to extend life beyond its current bounds, and aims not only to treat the individual's malady, but also to heighten a patient's quality of life and engender a greater depth of meaning.
For those who have chosen-and Drs. Buchholz assert that there is always choice-to receive a particular treatment for cancer, "Live Longer" provides instruction on how to maintain a willingness to take one step after another even when it is difficult. This includes guidance on the appropriate application of hope, living with uncertainty, coping with changes in body image, and managing one's modes of energy so as to avoid fatigue.
"Live Longer" offers people with cancer a philosophy of how to live their lives fully.
Todd Madigan
Mountain View Voice, October 5, 2001

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Not just for cancer patients, October 12, 2001

By	Todd Madigan (Mountain View, CA USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Live Longer, Live Larger: A Holistic Approach for Cancer Patients and Their Families (Paperback)

Something to think about is an exceptional book that has just come out by Drs. Bill and Susie Buchholz, Living Longer, Living Larger. While directed to cancer patients and their families because he is an oncologist, it is well suited to anyone facing life crises that can shorten life. Dealing with fear, medical jargon, and what it means to live a larger life, it meets the reader wherever they are in dealing with a life changing medical
event - diagnosis, choosing treatment, during treatment, remission, recurrence, or endgame.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The ONE Book Everyone with Cancer Should Buy, August 4, 2004

By	N. J Smith "Nancy Smith" (Northern CA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

This review is from: Live Longer, Live Larger: A Holistic Approach for Cancer Patients and Their Families (Paperback)

People diagnosed with cancer are often inundated with books from well-meaning friends, but this is the ONLY book I've turned to throughout my entire four-year cancer journey. It has been a comfort to me to learn that my feelings about the cancer experience are not unique to me and that I am not the only person who experiences crippling doubts. "Live Larger" encourages hope, which you need to Live Larger and Longer.