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How can I help? : everyday ways to help those close to you live with cancer / Monique Doyle Spencer ; foreword by Paul F. Levy.

By: Spencer, Monique Doyle [author]Publication details: Avon, Mass. : Adams Media ; 2008Description: xv, 223 pages ; 19 cmISBN: 9781598696813 (paperback)Subject(s): Cancer -- Patients -- Care | CaregiversGenre/Form: Popular WorkSummary: When a loved one is diagnosed with cancer, it is often difficult to know what to do. Those who want to help can sometimes make matters worse. Written in a frank conversational manner, this book offers readers specific advice on what to do for a friend or loved one in need, such as offer to do the weekly grocery shopping, pick up the kids from school or bring them to practice, choose to be a chemobuddy, and keep up with bills and other important deadlines. This stressful and uncertain time is difficult for the patient's family and friends. This book provides the support and guidance everyone needs to make this time easier.

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Item type	Current library	Collection	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Book	Mercy University Hospital Psycho-oncology	Adult	CL 01 (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		39117000000143

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Previous	CC 38 Mindfulness : a kindly approach to being with cancer /	CC40 The cancer guide how to nurture wellbeing through and beyond a cancer diagnosis	CC 41 The breath of consolation : finding solace in cancer literature	CL 01 How can I help? : everyday ways to help those close to you live with cancer /	CL 02 How can I help? : giving and receiving kindness and care when you or someone you love has cancer /	CL 05 The art of conversation through serious illness : lessons for caregivers /	CL 07 Dear friend, from my life I write to you in your life /	Next

Includes bibliographical references (pages 203-213) and index.

When a loved one is diagnosed with cancer, it is often difficult to know what to do. Those who want to help can sometimes make matters worse. Written in a frank conversational manner, this book offers readers specific advice on what to do for a friend or loved one in need, such as offer to do the weekly grocery shopping, pick up the kids from school or bring them to practice, choose to be a chemobuddy, and keep up with bills and other important deadlines. This stressful and uncertain time is difficult for the patient's family and friends. This book provides the support and guidance everyone needs to make this time easier.

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