Diagnosis:
Cancer
has established itself as the book every newly
diagnosed cancer patient needs to have. In a
question-and-answer format, Dr. Harpham guides
patients through the diagnosis, evaluation, and
treatment phases of survivorship. She helps patients
make the best decisions for them, get good
care and live as fully as possible.
Now updated,
this succinct and empowering book discusses the new
developments in diagnosis and treatment,
particularly new medications and formerly
experimental methods that are now being used
routinely. Because of the growing number of people
in managed care, she addresses how to work the
system to get full medical care, including when not
to accept the limitations of one's health care
plan. New to this edition is Harpham's Decision
Tool, a unique chart for deciding on your best
course of treatment.
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Table of Contents
Praise for Diagnosis: Cancer
"Clear, simple but
comprehensive and compassionate...Should be a bible
for everyone facing cancer."
Jane E. Brody, personal
health columnist, New York Times
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"The newly
diagnosed patient is really interested in only one
thing - becoming a long-term survivor.
Diagnosis: Cancer is the roadmap for the patient
wishing to make the journey from victim to
survivors....If you take just one book with you on
your journey when you or a loved one is faced with
the diagnosis of cancer, this is the one. It's the
atlas to good decision making and survivorship."
Leonard A. Zwelling, MD,
MBA, MD Anderson Cancer Center
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"In this
much-expanded edition, Dr. Harpham encourages people
with cancer to develop a partnership with members of
the cancer care team, gives readers access to
state-of-the-art information, and provides a
thorough and balanced discussion about alternative
treatments. As a nurse, I know that accurate and
timely information allays unnecessary fears and
gives people what they need to know to advocate for
good, quality cancer care. Diagnosis: Cancer
is readable and easy-to-understand resource for
people facing cancer."
Pamela J.
Haylock, R.N., M.A., president, Oncology Nursing
Society
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"Recommended for
every newly diagnosed cancer patient. Most new
Patients have two factors in common: fear of the
unknown and no idea of what questions to ask. This
book clearly solves both problems with readily
understandable, easy to read compassionate
explanations."
Richard A. Bloch, author (with Annette Bloch) of
Fighting Cancer and founder of the R.A. Bloch Cancer
Foundation
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"Diagnosis:
Cancer
should be high
priority reading for patients, families, and health
care professionals. This book is filled with
practical, up-to-date information on medical choices
and treatment, tips on understanding the changes in
health care delivery, and sensitive help in coping
with the medical impact of cancer."
Diane Blum, M.S.W., executive director, Cancer Care,
Inc.
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"No one writes
better about cancer than Wendy Schlessel Harpham,
M.D. Her gifts as a doctor inform every page of this
sensitive, knowledgeable, and practical guide.
Because she is a cancer survivor, Dr. Harpham has a
unique perspective, and with wonderful clarity and
down-to-earth wisdom she covers every single aspect
of a cancer diagnosis. She made my own cancer
journey not only easier, but, yes, more
interesting."
Natalie Robins, author of Living in the Lightening
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"The first few
months after the diagnosis of cancer are made even
more difficult because you are in a new world with
many unfamiliar people, rules and questions, to be
answered. Wendy Schlessel Harpham, M.D. in her book
Diagnosis: Cancer, sets forth an enormous
amount of practical information which, I am sure,
will alleviate much of the uncertainly and anxiety
that is part of the new surroundings. I believe that
reducing that stress will improve The quality of
life and may have a positive effect on the course of
the illness."
Harold H. Benjamin, Ph.D., founder, The Well
Community
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"Wendy Harpham has
bridged the medical and the patient sides of cancer
in a way that few have done and none have presented
so well. Lucid, clear, informative, insightful,
thoughtful; all these words describe Wendy's
important book for an individual facing cancer for
the first time."
Jimmie C. Holland, M.D., chairman, Department of
Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences, Memorial Sloan
Kettering Cancer Center |
