Talking Cancer

Talking Cancer is written for anyone who has been impacted by cancer in some way. The goal of this book is to lead the reader through the maze of tasks and information that often emerge when an individual and family is dealing with cancer for the first time or for those who just want to obtain a deeper knowledge of communication processes and how such knowledge and understanding can lead to better health outcomes. It is replete with hope and good advice about a widespread condition that can upset if not ruin some people?s lives and families. In this engaging and innovative book, we learn how communication practices are fundamental to how we can more effectively first learn about the disease that may have victimized us or our close ones through to how we can manage its many different and challenging phases. While oncological concerns have invariably been considered from only medical perspectives, we see herein how so important being communicated to and being able to communicate about cancer can affect well-being and even survival. This book, therefore, is a vital reading for all of us who, inevitably, have been, are being, or will be touched by this pervasive bodily affliction.