After the diagnosis: how patients react and how to help them cope / 
Gary McGlain. 
 - New York :  Delmar Cengage Learning,  2011. 
 - xix, 360p. :  ill.;  28cm. 
<br/><br/> Include appendixes and index. 
<br/><br/>Contents. Starting the conversation about a medical diagnosis -- Recognizing initial coping styles -- Acknowledging emotional reactions -- Acknowledging and confronting the fear factor -- Emotions and health-care decision making -- Helping newly diagnosed patients communicate with health-care professionals -- Encouraging patients to gather information -- Developing a support plan with patients -- Coping with effects on self-image -- Connecting with a sense of meaning -- Communicating with family members and caregivers -- Creating a vision for future -- When diagnoses involve the end of life -- Recognizing personal emotions as health-care professionals. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>97881435495682 
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>R727.3.M395