
Reclaiming Your Life After Diagnosis The Cancer Support Community Handbook
by Thiboldeaux, Kim; Golant, Mitch; Oz, MehmetBuy New
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Summary
Author Biography
In the cancer and health care communities, Kim serves as a founding board member of the Education Network to Advance Cancer Clinical Trials, member of the American College of Surgeons Commission on Cancer, co-chair of the Alliance for Quality Psychosocial Care, and advocacy board member of the Ruesch Center for the Cure of GI Cancers at Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center.
Kim is also the host of Frankly Speaking About Cancer with the Cancer Support Community, an award-winning Internet talk radio show that airs weekly on VoiceAmerica.com informing and inspiring listeners to live well with cancer.
Mitch Golant, PhD, is a health psychologist and Senior VP Research & Training for the Cancer Support Community (CSC). He has traveled throughout the world introducing CSC's Patient Active Concept to international thought-leaders and psychosocial oncologists. He has been with CSC for over 28 years where he supervised and trained CSC's professional clinical staff.
Golant was central to the launch of the award-winning Cancer Support Community Online in both English and Spanish and Group Loop: Teens. Talk. Cancer. Online. He has previously served on the Board of Directors for the American Psychosocial Oncology Society. He will receive the Los Angeles County Psychological Association's Distinguished Contribution in Psychology Award in October 2011.
He is the contributing editor to the Essentials of Psychosocial Oncology Handbook (2006) and The Psychiatric and Psychological Dimensions of Pediatric Cancer Symptom Management (2008). He is also the co-author of seven books including What To Do When Someone You Love is Depressed (2007), and a contributing author of Psycho-Oncology, 2nd Edition (2010).
Table of Contents
Foreword | p. xi |
Introduction: The Cancer Support Community: A Bold New Vision in Cancer Care | p. 1 |
Becoming Empowered | |
Understanding Cancer | p. 7 |
Regaining Your Balance After Diagnosis | p. 13 |
The Empowered Patient: The Cancer Support Community Approach | p. 25 |
Knowing Your Options | |
Getting a Second Opinion-and Maybe a Third | p. 37 |
Evaluating Traditional Treatment Options | p. 45 |
New Frontiers in Treatment | p. 55 |
Clinical Trials | p. 67 |
Considering Another Approach: Complementary and Alternative Medicine | p. 77 |
Managing Symptoms and Side Effects | p. 91 |
Managing Practical Matters | p. 113 |
Making the Mind-Body Spirit Connection | |
Coping with Cancer | p. 129 |
It's Not Just You: It Takes a Community | p. 143 |
Spirituality and Looking Inward | p. 155 |
Moving from Patient to Survivor | |
Help Yourself, Help Others: Emotional Support, Information, and Action | p. 163 |
Wellness Inside and Out: Nutrition and Exercise | p. 173 |
Facing the Road Ahead Together: Survivorship | p. 187 |
Afterword | p. 197 |
Acknowledgments | p. 199 |
Appendix | |
Bibliography | p. 205 |
Cancer Care for the Whole Patient: Meeting Psychosocial Health Needs 2007 IOM Report Recommendations | p. 211 |
Cancer Support Community Affiliates and Advisors | p. 217 |
Cancer Support Community National Board of Directors | p. 221 |
Cancer Support Community Professional Advisory Board | p. 223 |
Support, Information, and Financial Resources | p. 225 |
Glossary | p. 237 |
Personal Information Sheets | p. 243 |
Index | p. 275 |
About the Authors | p. 287 |
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