TY - BOOK AU - Simonton, O. Carl TI - Getting well again: a step-by-step, self-help guide to overcoming cancer for patients and their families. SN - 055321480 AV - RC263.Si5 PY - 1978/// CY - New York PB - Bantam Books N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index; Contents: The mind and cancer: The mind-body connection: A psychological approach to cancer treatment -- The mystries of healing: The individual and his beliefs -- The search for the causes of cancer -- The link between stress and illness -- Personality, stress, and cancer -- Expectations about cancer and their effects on recovery -- A whole-person model of cancer recovery -- Pathways to health: The program: Putting it to work -- Participating in your health -- The ''benefits'' of illness -- Learning to relax and visualize recovery -- The value of positive mental images -- Overcoming resentment -- Creating the future: Setting goals -- Finding your inner guide to health -- Managing pain -- Exercise -- Coping with fears of recurrence and death -- The family support system ER -