Lifecare : Cancer & How To Live With It (out of print)

Description

This book has been written with the help and endorsement of the Cancer Society and is a practical guide on how to maintain and improve quality of life while living with cancer. It provides ways of coping with treatment, and tips and techniques for eating well, dealing with stress and keeping the body active. It also includes easily understood information on the disease and its treatment, along with a comprehensive list of sources of help.
Contents:
Part 1 - About cancer
Part 2 - What the doctors can do
Part 3 - Living with cancer: Turning the corner; Thinking about it; Eating well; Learning to unwind; Keeping the body moving; Travelling with cancer; Where you can get help
Appendices: Bladder cancer; Bowel cancer; Breast cancer; Cervical cancer; Leukaemia; Lung cancer; Lymphomas; Ovarian cancer; Prostate cancer; Skin cancer; Stomach cancer; Testicular cancer

Author description

Denise Robbins is a writer who has had bowel cancer and a melanoma. She uses her experience with the disease to help other cancer patients in the LIVING WITH CANCER seminars run by the Wellington and Central Districts divisions of the Cancer Society.

Table of contents

About cancer; What the doctors can do; Living with cancer (Turning the corner; Thinking about it; Eating well; Learning to unwind; Keeping the body moving; Travelling with cancer; Where you can get help); Appendices: Bladder cancer; Bowel cancer; Breast cancer; Cervical cancer; Leukaemia; Lung cancer; Lymphomas; Ovarian cancer; Prostate cancer; Skin cancer; Stomach cancer; Testicular cancer

Stock Information

General Fields

• ISBN : 9780476001817
• Publisher : Random House New Zealand Ltd
• Imprint : Random House New Zealand Ltd
• Publication date : February 2005
• Dimensions : 210x135mm
• Produced in : New Zealand
• Out of Print Date : November 2011
• Product Type : books

Special Fields

• Pages : 192pp
• Bind : Paperback
• Author : Denise Robbins