And in Health A Guide for Couples Facing Cancer Together

Name: And in Health A Guide for Couples Facing Cancer Together
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ISBN: 9781611800173

ISBN-10: 161180017X

ISBN-13: 9781611800173

Edition: 2013

Authors: Dan Shapiro

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This book offers engaging and digestible lessons for couples navigating the life change that a cancer diagnosis brings. Dan Shapiro draws on his more than twenty-five years of clinical work as a health psychologist who has researched and worked with couples facing cancer, and on his own experiences of being both the patient (having and beating Hodgkin’s lymphoma in his twenties) and the supporter/advocate (when his wife was diagnosed with breast cancer) to weave together insights on facing cancer while maintaining a strong relationship. And in Health gives advice in short lessons on the main areas of concern or conflict that can come from life with cancer—from diagnosis to treatment and…

Book details

List price: $28.95
Copyright year: 2013
Publisher: Shambhala Publications, Incorporated
Publication date: 5/14/2013
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 240
Size: 5.25" wide x 8.25" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 0.748
Language: English



Acknowledgments


Introduction



Things to Know Immediately



Navigating Your Relationship through Early Challenges



Conquering the Medicine and the Medical Team as a Team



Learn to Deal with the Emotions



Having a Great Relationship during Treatment



Work Together to Get What You Need from Outside People



Let's Talk about Sex



Closeness and Making Peace with Dependence



Navigating Our Relationship at the End of Life


A Few Last Words


Notes


Index


About the Author