Getting well again: a step-by-step, self-help guide to overcoming cancer for patients and their families. / Carl O. Simonton
Material type: TextPublisher: New York: Bantam Books, 1978Description: 287 p: 20cmISBN: 055321480LOC classification: RC263.Si5Item type | Current location | Home library | Call number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode |
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Books | WISCONSIN INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY COLLEGE, GHANA - MAIN LIBRARY General Stacks | WISCONSIN INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY COLLEGE, GHANA - MAIN LIBRARY | RC263.Si5 (Browse shelf) | 1 | Available | 5089/12 |
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.
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