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The Etiquette Of Illness: What To Say When You Can't Find The Words (Thorndike Press Large Print Senior Lifestyles Series) - Hardcover
A compassionate guide on how to negotiate the complexities of illness combines anecdotes and insights with practical advice on how to respond to a friend, colleague, or family member suffering from a serious or chronic illness.
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"Halpern ...shares here her considerable expertise...Practical suggestions are illustrated by compelling stories from her professional life... in calming, well-crafted prose."
"This moving book has a message that shines with wisdom and hope. Susan's advice is sound and useful."--Andrew Weil, M.D.
"Susan Halpern tackles the last taboo-how to talk about illness, dying, and death. This book is filled with much-needed common sense."--Cokie Roberts
"This is the most helpful book for hard times that I have read in years."--Bill Moyers
"Valuable and gratifying...Susan Halpern gives us words when our own are most likely to fail us."--Jon Kabat-Zinn
"Practical and vastly compassionate. I recommend it to anyone who wants to visit a seriously sick friend."--Daniel Goleman
"Intensely personal and full of captivating stories, The Etiquette of Illness embeds practical advice in easily accessible prose."--Christine K. Cassel, M.D., MACP, president of the American Board of Internal Med
"Wise, compassionate and very down-to-earth, this book illuminates our relationship with illness and with each other."--Joseph Goldstein
"At last! Help for those difficult moments when those we love are suffering. The Etiquette of Illness is a timeless blessing."--Rachel Naomi Remen, M.D
About the Author:
"This moving book has a message that shines with wisdom and hope. Susan's advice is sound and useful."--Andrew Weil, M.D.
"Susan Halpern tackles the last taboo-how to talk about illness, dying, and death. This book is filled with much-needed common sense."--Cokie Roberts
"This is the most helpful book for hard times that I have read in years."--Bill Moyers
"Valuable and gratifying...Susan Halpern gives us words when our own are most likely to fail us."--Jon Kabat-Zinn
"Practical and vastly compassionate. I recommend it to anyone who wants to visit a seriously sick friend."--Daniel Goleman
"Intensely personal and full of captivating stories, The Etiquette of Illness embeds practical advice in easily accessible prose."--Christine K. Cassel, M.D., MACP, president of the American Board of Internal Med
"Wise, compassionate and very down-to-earth, this book illuminates our relationship with illness and with each other."--Joseph Goldstein
"At last! Help for those difficult moments when those we love are suffering. The Etiquette of Illness is a timeless blessing."--Rachel Naomi Remen, M.D
Susan P. Halpern is a social worker and psychotherapist. She is the founder of the New York Cancer Help Program and a staff associate at the Commonweal Cancer Help Program. She lives with her husband, near their children and grandchildren in Berkeley, California. This is her first book.
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- PublisherThorndike Pr
- Publication date2004
- ISBN 10 0786269960
- ISBN 13 9780786269969
- BindingHardcover
- Number of pages317
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