John Leifer
After You Hear It's Cancer: A Guide to Navigating the Difficult Journey Ahead
Musik: Leifer, Lori Lindstrom
John Leifer
After You Hear It's Cancer: A Guide to Navigating the Difficult Journey Ahead
Musik: Leifer, Lori Lindstrom
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After You Hear It's Cancer offers a step-by-step guide for recently diagnosed patients and their families as they embark on this arduous journey. The authors integrate cutting-edge research with the perspectives of numerous cancer patients to provide an empathic, but pragmatic handbook that should be required reading for every cancer patient.
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After You Hear It's Cancer offers a step-by-step guide for recently diagnosed patients and their families as they embark on this arduous journey. The authors integrate cutting-edge research with the perspectives of numerous cancer patients to provide an empathic, but pragmatic handbook that should be required reading for every cancer patient.
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- Verlag: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
- Seitenzahl: 320
- Erscheinungstermin: 16. Juli 2015
- Englisch
- Abmessung: 234mm x 160mm x 30mm
- Gewicht: 590g
- ISBN-13: 9781442246256
- ISBN-10: 1442246251
- Artikelnr.: 42091652
- Verlag: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
- Seitenzahl: 320
- Erscheinungstermin: 16. Juli 2015
- Englisch
- Abmessung: 234mm x 160mm x 30mm
- Gewicht: 590g
- ISBN-13: 9781442246256
- ISBN-10: 1442246251
- Artikelnr.: 42091652
John Leifer worked for more than thirty years with the major factions comprising healthcare delivery in the United States, including some of the nation¿s leading hospitals. Most recently, he served as a senior vice president for a ten-hospital system in the Midwest. Leifer founded and published The Leifer Report, a healthcare publication that featured contributors ranging from President Bill Clinton to Newt Gingrich. He has written extensively on healthcare issues and has been published in newspapers and magazines, such as Modern Healthcare, Hospitals & Health Networks, Washington Monthly, and The Kansas City Star. Leifer has also been profiled in several prominent magazines, including Money and Fortune. Lori Lindstrom Leifer, MD, is both a cancer doctor and a cancer patient. As a radiation oncologist, she has provided care to cancer patients for the past twenty-five years. As a faculty member with a NCI-designated Cancer Center, Lori sees a broad array of cases. Prior to her academic affiliation, Lori spent many years serving a largely indigent population in a mission-driven practice. In addition to her clinical practice, Lori holds a teaching position, as an assistant clinical professor, within the University of Kansas School Of Medicine. Lori is a member of the American Society of Therapeutic Radiation and Oncology, the American Society of Clinical Oncology, and the Alpha Omega Alpha Medical Society.
PART 1: DIAGNOSIS AND TREATMENT PLANNING Prologue: A Life-Changing
Experience 1: A Definitive Diagnosis: Setting the Stage for Treatment 2:
How Prognosis Influences Your Treatment 3: How to Select your Doctors 4:
Genetic Testing in Diagnosis and Treatment 5: Making Sense of Your
Treatment Options 6: Understanding Clinical Trials 7: The Importance of
Getting a Second Opinion PART 2: DURING ACTIVE TREATMENT 8: The Emotional
Roller-Coaster of Cancer 9: Methods to Minimize Side Effects 10: Make
Nutrition and Exercise Part of Your Treatment Plan 11: What to Expect from
Pain Control 12: How to Manage the Cost of Cancer 13: When Considering
Complementary Therapies 14: The Role of Your Caregivers PART 3: AFTER
INITIAL TREATMENTS ARE OVER 15: When Initial Treatments Prove Insufficient
16: The Challenges of Surviving Cancer 17: Difficult Decisions at the End
of the Journey 18: Choosing to Stop Treatment and the Role of Hospice
Addendum: Essential Resources
Experience 1: A Definitive Diagnosis: Setting the Stage for Treatment 2:
How Prognosis Influences Your Treatment 3: How to Select your Doctors 4:
Genetic Testing in Diagnosis and Treatment 5: Making Sense of Your
Treatment Options 6: Understanding Clinical Trials 7: The Importance of
Getting a Second Opinion PART 2: DURING ACTIVE TREATMENT 8: The Emotional
Roller-Coaster of Cancer 9: Methods to Minimize Side Effects 10: Make
Nutrition and Exercise Part of Your Treatment Plan 11: What to Expect from
Pain Control 12: How to Manage the Cost of Cancer 13: When Considering
Complementary Therapies 14: The Role of Your Caregivers PART 3: AFTER
INITIAL TREATMENTS ARE OVER 15: When Initial Treatments Prove Insufficient
16: The Challenges of Surviving Cancer 17: Difficult Decisions at the End
of the Journey 18: Choosing to Stop Treatment and the Role of Hospice
Addendum: Essential Resources
PART 1: DIAGNOSIS AND TREATMENT PLANNING Prologue: A Life-Changing
Experience 1: A Definitive Diagnosis: Setting the Stage for Treatment 2:
How Prognosis Influences Your Treatment 3: How to Select your Doctors 4:
Genetic Testing in Diagnosis and Treatment 5: Making Sense of Your
Treatment Options 6: Understanding Clinical Trials 7: The Importance of
Getting a Second Opinion PART 2: DURING ACTIVE TREATMENT 8: The Emotional
Roller-Coaster of Cancer 9: Methods to Minimize Side Effects 10: Make
Nutrition and Exercise Part of Your Treatment Plan 11: What to Expect from
Pain Control 12: How to Manage the Cost of Cancer 13: When Considering
Complementary Therapies 14: The Role of Your Caregivers PART 3: AFTER
INITIAL TREATMENTS ARE OVER 15: When Initial Treatments Prove Insufficient
16: The Challenges of Surviving Cancer 17: Difficult Decisions at the End
of the Journey 18: Choosing to Stop Treatment and the Role of Hospice
Addendum: Essential Resources
Experience 1: A Definitive Diagnosis: Setting the Stage for Treatment 2:
How Prognosis Influences Your Treatment 3: How to Select your Doctors 4:
Genetic Testing in Diagnosis and Treatment 5: Making Sense of Your
Treatment Options 6: Understanding Clinical Trials 7: The Importance of
Getting a Second Opinion PART 2: DURING ACTIVE TREATMENT 8: The Emotional
Roller-Coaster of Cancer 9: Methods to Minimize Side Effects 10: Make
Nutrition and Exercise Part of Your Treatment Plan 11: What to Expect from
Pain Control 12: How to Manage the Cost of Cancer 13: When Considering
Complementary Therapies 14: The Role of Your Caregivers PART 3: AFTER
INITIAL TREATMENTS ARE OVER 15: When Initial Treatments Prove Insufficient
16: The Challenges of Surviving Cancer 17: Difficult Decisions at the End
of the Journey 18: Choosing to Stop Treatment and the Role of Hospice
Addendum: Essential Resources