Diagnosis – Cancer Your Guide Through the First Few Months (Paper) - Softcover

Harpham, Wendy Schlessel

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0393308928 ISBN 13: 9780393308921

Publisher: W. W. Norton & Co., 1992

Synopsis

Written by a doctor who has herself had cancer, this aims to help cancer patients and their families through the first few months after diagnosis. It considers what the new patient needs to know to deal with the medical, social and emotional issues that arise from a diagnosis of cancer, and addresses the issues from the perspectives of both doctor and patient. It deals with the immediate questions that a cancer patient has, including: What is cancer? Will I lose my hair? How do I deal with my family? and explains remission and staging, among other terms. Reading and resource lists and a glossary of the most common tests that cancer patients undergo are also included.

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Review

"Wendy Harpham has bridged the medical and the patient sides of cancer in a way that few have done and none have presented so well."

Wendy Harpham has bridged the medical and the patient sides of cancer in a way that few have done and none have presented so well.--Jimmie C. Holland, M.D., Chairman, Department of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center

Clear, simple but comprehensive and compassionate... . Should be a bible for everyone facing cancer.--Jane Brody

If you take one book with you on your journey when you or a loved one is faced with the diagnosis of cancer, this is the one.--Leonard A. Zwelling, MD, Vice President for Research Administration, The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center

About the Author

Wendy Schlessel Harpham, MD, is the author of several books, including Diagnosis: Cancer and After Cancer. She lectures nationally on cancer and serious illness and lives in Dallas, Texas, with her husband and children.

Edition details

• Publisher: W. W. Norton & Co.
• Publication date: 1992
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0393308928
• ISBN 13: 9780393308921
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 162