| | Location: Home » Cancer Education » Cancer As a Turning Point: A Handbook for People with Cancer, Their Families, and Health Professionals | |
|
|
Cancer As a Turning Point: A Handbook for People with Cancer, Their Families, and Health Professionals |  | Author: Lawrence LeShan
Publisher: Plume
Category: Book
List Price: $15.00
Buy Used: $0.01
as of 9/8/2010 19:37 CDT details
You Save: $14.99 (100%)
New (32) Used (57) from $0.01
Seller: thrift_books
Rating:  13 reviews
Media: Paperback
Pages: 272
Number Of Items: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 7.9 x 5.3 x 0.9
ISBN: 0452271371
Dewey Decimal Number: 362.196994
EAN: 9780452271371
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
| |
| Also Available In:
|
| Similar Items:
| |
| Editorial Reviews:
Product Description
Widely considered the father of mind-body therapy, LeShan has spent more than 35 years working with cancer patients. In this book, he presents 29 exercises that involving reflection, discussion and writing that are designed to help cancer patients define their goals and questions and come to terms with their fears.
|
| Customer Reviews:
Showing reviews 1-5 of 13
 A True Turning Point March 22, 2000
Julie King (Redwood City, CA)
23 out of 23 found this review helpful
This book was integral in my coming to grips with my own cancer and how to get on with my life in a meaningful way. I have shared it with many others, both those with cancer and others who are not cancer patients but who are introspective and ALL have found it to profoundly change their lives. It continues to be a powerful tool in my life.
Profound November 1, 1999
18 out of 18 found this review helpful
Thank you LeShan for writing this book. The ideas are timely and clear, though he pulls no punches -- for many people it's either change your mind and life, or that's it. His stories are excellent, and not only the "successes" are here. The best mind/body book I've read.
Accounts of the emotional aspects of fighting cancer January 6, 1999
Rusty Hoge (U.S.A.)
14 out of 14 found this review helpful
LeShan discusses how purpose and fulfillment in life play a crucial role in who gets cancer and who beats cancer. He worked with hundreds of patients over many years and his conclusions make sense and provide a message to everyone.Highly recommended.
Putting It All Together February 17, 2001
Mary R. Bast (Gainesville, Florida United States)
12 out of 12 found this review helpful
LeShan's book is a excellent review and summary of important concepts in holistic approaches to cancer. He reminds us that holistic medicine rests on four basic axioms: (1) Health requires treatment of all levels -- physical, psychological, and spiritual; (2) Standardized approaches are not helpful -- treatment programs must be individualized; (3) Patients need to be part of decisions, given as much knowledge and authority as they will accept; (4) Everyone has self-healing abilities that need to be engaged.
Inspiring - entertaining - wonderful January 5, 2004
David Spero (San Francisco, CA United States)
5 out of 5 found this review helpful
LeShan's message is simple -- put your life before your illness. For years, he helped people with cancer to live the lives they wanted to live, to "sing their own song" as he puts it. These people frequently recovered from cancer in the process of working on their lives. Some of these stories are amazing. The people you meet are ordinary folks with a lot of strikes against them, but they manage to transform their lives and, in a surprising number of cases, cure their cancer. I apply LeShan's approach in my wellness workshops and in my book, The Art of Getting Well. Get your life right and your health will likely (although not necessarily) follow. David Spero RN www.art-of-getting-well.com
Showing reviews 1-5 of 13
|
|
|
|
| |
|
