The Cancer Survivor's Guide: The Essential Handbook to Life after Cancer - Softcover

Feuerstein MPH, Michael; Findley, Patricia

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1569243328 ISBN 13: 9781569243329

Publisher: Da Capo Lifelong Books, 2006

Synopsis

The Cancer Survivor's Guide is the first book to offer a proven step-by-step healthcare program for life after cancer. Dr. Feuerstein knows firsthand what life after cancer truly means and his 7-step self-management system is a result of personal experience as well as extensive research, resulting in a program that's rooted in very pragmatic sensibility coupled with a sense of "realistic optimism." As medical understanding of cancer improves, more people are surviving this frightening disease; yet survivors face many challenges long after their treatments have ended. They must strike a delicate balance between maintaining a positive attitude and being realistic about their health. This revolutionary program drastically improves the length and quality of life for cancer survivors, helping them to manage the variety of physical, emotional, and spiritual issues they face. Cancer survivors can learn how to evaluate their condition, assess their relationships with healthcare providers, research their illness and treatment options, handle finances, seek alternative therapies when necessary, improve overall health habits, tend to their emotional well-being, and continue to monitor the long-term success of their survivorship program. This book offers hope—and a game plan—for cancer patients and their loved ones as they look forward to the life ahead.

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Praise for The Cancer Survivor’s Guide:
"This book is a true learning vehicle on cancer survivorship: it provides step by step measures to mitigate the negatives and provides valuable lessons on how to regain and sustain hope for the future. As a long term and proactive cancer survivor, reading this compelling book gave me pause to think about so many new approaches that I can use in my own survivorship journey." —Neal P. Levitan, Executive Director, Brain Tumor Society
"The Cancer Survivor's Guide provides a unique perspective on strategies for managing the complex and challenging tasks confronting persons diagnosed with cancer. As professionals with expertise in the health-care system, Drs. Feuerstein and Findley take survivors through a step-by-step program that is practical and easy to follow. After reading this book, patients and their families will learn to better navigate the health-care system, manage the stress of diagnosis and treatment, improve their health status and approaches to communicating with their doctors and other support networks, and strategies for achieving a more fulfilling and productive life both during and after their medical treatment has been completed." —Lawrence J. Siegel, Ph.D., ABPP, Dean and Professor, Ferkauf Graduate School of Psychology, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Yeshiva University
"In The Cancer Survivor’s Guide, noted health professionals Drs. Michael Feuerstein and Patricia Findley offer a personal and professional prescription for taking control of your life in the face of cancer. This down-to-earth book offers practical how-to advice and inspirational true-life stories to help patients and their families achieve the best possible quality of life." —Wendy Nelson, PhD, The National Cancer Institute
"The Cancer Survivor's Guide resonates through its authenticity, focus, timeliness, and relevance. While cancer occupies a special immediacy among life’s wake-up calls, much in this book sheds light throughout the landscape of chronic disease. Dr. Feuerstein and Dr. Findley provide genuine assistance to both patients and healthcare professionals." —Sam Moon, MD, MPH, Chief of the Division of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, Duke University
"The Cancer Survivor’s Guide is a wonderful resource for people with cancer. Patients will find the action plans and other tools extremely helpful in their quest for better health care and improvement in the quality of their lives." —Julia Faucett, PhD, RN, professor and chair of the department of community health systems at the University of California in San Francisco
"The Cancer Survivor’s Guide is forthright, clear, and simple: it provides superb rules for coping with everything from the practical issues of navigating the health care system to how to deal with those demons representing fears of recurrence. I highly recommend this book to cancer survivors and their families." —Jimmie C. Holland, MD, Wayne E. Chapman Chair in Psychiatric Oncology, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center
"This inspirational, best of its kind, cutting-edge book provides a roadmap to a healthier and meaningful future following a cancer diagnosis. This enormously helpful guide provides a wealth of life-saving information and tools, providing practical steps that can be taken to ensure the best medical care, to build a strong support team, and to create optimism and hope." —Susan J. Blumenthal, MD, MPA, Former U.S. Assistant Surgeon General, Clinical Professor, Georgetown and Tufts Schools of Medicine
"As a father of a child who survived cancer, the indignity of an oncologist having to deal with cancer in my family was how I became aware of survivorship. My experience taught me the importance of comprehensive care of the patient. Drs. Feuerstein and Findley guide the survivor through many of the challenges they face, providing clear information and useful tools to not only maximize the collaboration between patient and physician but to help survivors better manage many of these challenges—which is crucial to successful survivorship." —Steven N. Wolff, M.D., Chairman, Scientific Advisory Committee, Lance Armstrong Foundation

About the Author

Michael Feuerstein, PhD, MPH, is an internationally known clinical psychologist with a specialty in behavioral medicine. For the past decade he has been on the faculty of Georgetown University Medical Center and Uniformed Services University of Health Sciences a professor of medical and clinical psychology. He is the editor-in-chief for the Journal of Occupational Rehabilitation. He lives in Maryland.

Patricia Findley, DrPH, MSW, LCSW, is a licensed medical social worker and health services researcher specializing in the field of rehabilitation and chronic illnesses. An assistant research professor at Rutgers University's Program for Disability Research, she formerly was the President of the National Spinal Cord Injury Association of Illinois. She lives in New Jersey.

Edition details

• Publisher: Da Capo Lifelong Books
• Publication date: 2006
• ISBN 10: 1569243328
• ISBN 13: 9781569243329
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 240