Emotional support through breast cancer the alternative handbook

This compassionate guide presents an array of new perspectives on the emotional effects of breast cancer and includes many personal testimonies from women who have been diagnosed with this disease. Written by a breast cancer survivor and practising psychologist, it shares practical ideas to help sup...

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Main Author: Galgut, Cordelia, Dr (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: London, UK Radcliffe © 2013
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505 0 |a Introduction -- Why I have written this book -- About this book --Moving on -- What affects how we feel when we have breast cancer? -- Prognosis --Treatment -- Myths about treatment -- Other feelings we often experience -- Some practical suggestions that might be helpful -- Longer-term shock -- The longer-term impact of trauma -- Why can people, including those of us with breast cancer, often act as if breast cancer is easier to live with than it is? -- Relationships -- Family and friends -- Relationships with doctors and nurses -- Getting emotional support during breast cancer -- Is this fear of cancer/ breast cancer made worse by anything else? -- All cancers are hard to live with, but is there anything about breast cancer that is different? --Why can having breast cancer make us feel bad about ourselves? -- Why can we easily feel this bad? -- Am I to blame? -- Long-term effects of treatment -- Further reading -- Finally -- Please don't... -- Just diagnosed -- Shock -- It's not your fault-- Talking to doctors and nurses about your diagnosis and surgery -- Reactions of those around us -- Telling people -- After surgery -- A final reminder -- References 
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