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The human side of cancer : living with hope, coping with uncertainty / Jimmie C. Holland and Sheldon Lewis.

By: Holland, Jimmie CContributor(s): Lewis, SheldonPublication details: New York : HarperCollins, c2000Edition: 1st edDescription: xiv, 340 pages : illustrations ; 25 cmISBN: 006093042XSubject(s): Cancer -- Psychological aspects | Cancer -- Psychosomatic aspects | Mind and body therapiesSummary: For more than twenty years, Dr. Holland has pioneered the study of psychological problems of cancer patients and their families -- whom she calls "the real experts". In The Human Side of Cancer, she shares what she has learned from all of them about facing this life-threatening illness and what truly helps along the cancer journey. This book is the next best thing to sitting in Dr. Holland's office and talking with her about the uncertainty and anxiety elicited by this disease. And it is a book that inspires hope -- through stories of the simple courage of ordinary people confronting cancer.
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For more than twenty years, Dr. Holland has pioneered the study of psychological problems of cancer patients and their families -- whom she calls "the real experts". In The Human Side of Cancer, she shares what she has learned from all of them about facing this life-threatening illness and what truly helps along the cancer journey. This book is the next best thing to sitting in Dr. Holland's office and talking with her about the uncertainty and anxiety elicited by this disease. And it is a book that inspires hope -- through stories of the simple courage of ordinary people confronting cancer.

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