100 Questions & Answers About Caring for Family or Friends with Cancer

by Susannah L. Rose, Richard T. Hara

Overview

Whether you are a friend or relative of someone suffering from cancer, this book offers help. The only book available to provide both the professional healthcare giver's and patient's views, 100 Questions & Answers About Caring for Family or Friends with Cancer, Second Edition gives you authoritative, practical answers to your questions about treatment options, home care, insurance, quality of life and more. This book, completely revised and updated for this new edition, is an invaluable resource for family and friends who are coping with the physical and emotional turmoil of cancer.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780763762575
Publisher:	Jones & Bartlett Learning
Publication date:	10/29/2009
Series:	100 Questions & Answers about
Edition description:	2E
Pages:	226
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 8.90(h) x 0.50(d)

About the Author

Susannah L. Rose, MSSW, PhD, BA [Philosophy and Psychology], Furman University, 1996; MS in Social Work, Columbia University,1998, MS [Bioethics], Albany Medical Center/Union College, 2006; PhD in Health Policy, Harvard University, 2010. Ms. Rose worked at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center (MSKCC) in New York City providing clinical services and conducting research for approximately eight years. At MSKCC, she specialized in clinical interventions for people with gastrointestinal cancers and their family members. She has recently completed her doctoral studies at Harvard University, specializing in health care policy and bioethics. She is the primary author on a book entitled 100 Questions and Answers About Caring for Family or Friends with Cancer, second edition, and she has written many other publications focusing on the psychosocial aspects of coping with cancer.

Richard T. Hara, Ph.D., is currently Director of Online Services at CancerCare, a non-profit organization providing education, counseling, and financial assistance to people affected by cancer all across the country. He has a doctorate in Cultural Anthropology from the City University of New York Graduate Center, with a research focus on family and household decision-making. He received his professional training in social work at Columbia University, and worked at St. Luke’s/Roosevelt Hospital and Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center as a clinical social worker prior to joining CancerCare. Dr. Hara has written about cancer survivorship and caregiving, and has lectured and run training workshops at numerous professional conferences. The online caregivers support program at CancerCare was the recipient of the 2008 National Family Caregiving Award, presented by the MetLife Foundation and the National Alliance for Caregiving.

Table of Contents

Part 1 The Basics
Part 2 Managing Medical Treatment and Care
Part 3 Helping Your Loved One Cope
Part 4 Caring for Yourself
Part 5 Relationship and Family Issue s
Part 6 Home Care, Medical Equipment, Placement, and Other Practical Matters
Part 7 Insurance Issue s
Part 8 Work Concerns
Part 9 Emotional Reactions and Practical Concerns about Death and Dying