Cancer Etiquette: What to Say, What to Do When Someone You Know or Love Has Cancer - Hardcover

Kalick, Rosanne

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0874604508 ISBN 13: 9780874604504

Publisher: Lion Books, 2005

Synopsis

At last, the definitive guide on how to respond when someone says, "I have cancer." Two-time cancer survivor Roseanne Kalick helps readers communicate caringly with the cancer patient. Many have had the gut-wrenching experience of having a friend or loved one reveal they have cancer, yet few can figure out how to react. Using real stories, Kalick conveys how much most people really want to say and do the right thing and how they often fail. Even those in the medical profession who work with cancer are guilty of etiquette "donts." The book is intended for patients, caregivers,family members, and friends.

About this title

About the Author:

Although cancer has changed Rosanne Kalick’s life, it has not changed who she is. While she no longer jogs (she had completed three New York City Marathons), she is an avid walker. A fishing rod, a lake, and a batch of worms provides hours of quiet pleasure for her. Every year she is the fishing lady at her retreat, where she makes fishing poles for the children and introduces them to the joys of fishing. She is particularly gifted in her ability to communicate, having been a Professor and Chairperson of the Library and Learning Resource Center at Westchester Community College in New York. She ultimately received the State University Chancellor's Award for Excellence in Librarianship. She adores her five grandchildren, and even though cancer anxiety is still a real part of her world, she nevertheless barrels past it and gets on with enjoying a busy, fruitful life.

About this edition

• Publisher: Lion Books
• Publication date: 2005
• ISBN 10: 0874604508
• ISBN 13: 9780874604504
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 146