And in health
Subtitle: a guide for couples facing cancer together
By: Dan Shapiro, PhD
Edition: First edition.
Published: 2013
Language: eng
Number of pages: 233
ISBN-13: 9781611800173
Subjects: Couples; Family relationships; Patients; Cancer; Caregivers
Description: Here are engaging and digestible lessons for couples navigating the life changes brought about by a cancer diagnosis. Dan Shapiro draws on his more than twenty-five years of clinical work as a health psychologist who has researched and worked with couples facing cancer, and on his own experiences of being both the patient (having and beating Hodgkin's lymphoma in his twenties) and the supporter/advocate (when his wife was diagnosed with breast cancer) to weave together insights on facing cancer while maintaining a strong relationship. And in Health gives advice in short lessons on the main areas of concern or conflict that can come from life with cancer- from diagnosis to treatment and life post-treatment.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 215-227) and index.