How to talk with family caregivers about cancer /

Bolletino, Ruth Cohn.

How to talk with family caregivers about cancer / Ruth Cohn Bolletino. - 1st ed. - New York : Norton, 2009. - viii, 294 p. ; 21 cm. - How to talk series . - How to talk series. .

Includes bibliographical references and index.

The experiential world of the family member : where psychotherapy begins -- Putting traditional approaches aside -- Principles of psychotherapy with family members -- Toxic myths -- The power of expectation -- Dealing with feelings -- Ethical and spiritual aspects of the work -- The experiential world of the person with cancer -- Choosing practitioners and treatments, and communicating with doctors -- How family caregivers can best help the cancer patient -- Children in the family : guidelines for parents -- Dealing with recurrence -- When the patient is dying -- How family caregivers can best help themselves -- Afterward -- Preventing burnout and discovering unexpected gifts.

9780393705768 (pbk.) 0393705765 (pbk.)

2009014013

GBA976506 bnb

101501672 DNLM 015341453 Uk


Oncologists.
Caregivers--Counseling of.
Cancer--Patients--Family relationships.
Communication in medicine.
Cancer--Psychological aspects.
Caregivers--psychology.
Neoplasms--psychology.
Family--psychology.
Psychotherapy--methods.

RC 254 / .5.B65 2009

362.196/994
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