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Free Workbook
The Alpha Book on Cancer and Living
For Patients, Family and Friends
Brent G. Ryder
The Alpha Institute


INTERNET RESOURCES:

HEAL: LIVING WELL AFTER CANCER
The Magazine for Cancer Survivors
breaking news e-updates online subscription forms

COPING WITH CANCER Taking Care of Your Feelings
Maintained by the National Cancer Institute
what you can expect options for getting emotional support resources

ONCOLINK
Abramson Cancer Center at The University of Pennsylvania
disease-specific information treatments support

CANCER CARE ®
support groups counseling line patient and family teleconferences education programs clinical trials publications

THE WELLNESS COMMUNITY
Maintained by The Wellness Community
local support groups lectures meetings

VIDEOS WITH ATTITUDE
Starbright Foundation
Free videos for teens about teens with cancer. MTV-style tackles problems and points to solutions. Both videos, each 15 minutes, serve up credible and entertaining advice from teens on coping with serious illness, doctors, nurses, hospitals, and on living life to the fullest--despite being sick.

FACULTY ARTICLES


YOUR ROAD TO WELL-BEING, II
A roundtalbe discussion on the ways patients as well as caregivers can reduce stress. Participants: Ooi Thye Chong, Dr. Sameet Kumar and Melissa Panszi-Riebe


MIND BODY AND SPIRIT - ARCHIVE
by Burton Presberg, M.D.
Director, Psychosocial Services
The Alta Bates Comprehensive Cancer Center


FOCUS ON HEALING THROUGH MOVEMENT & DANCE
The Lebed Method
Reviewed by Valen Watson


PREPARING FOR SURGERY CHEMO & MORE
Getting Ready
Audio Tape by Bernie Siegel, M.D.
Reviewed by Valen Watson


ART THERAPY: PART OF THE CREATIVE COPING SERIES
At Saint Vincent's Comprehensive Cancer Center
by Heather Pitre


PEOPLE LIVING WITH CANCER
Sponsored and published by American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO)
By Valen Watson


LESS STRESS SUGERY: A GUIDED IMAGERY RELAXATION
An audiotape by Neil F. Neimark, M.D.
Reviewed by Valen Watson


PATIENT'S PARTNER
By Donna Wolf, LCSW and Robin Levine, LCSW
Review by Valen Watson


THERE'S NO PLACE LIKE HOPE:
A Guide to Beating Cancer In Mind-Sized Bites
By Vickie Girard


USING HUMOR TO COPE WITH CANCER TREATMENT:
An Interview with Pam Laurie, RN
by Heather Pitre


BEYOND THE DIAGNOSIS:
Coping With Cancer
By Christina Pozo-Kaderman, Ph.D.
Co-Director, Psychosocial Services
Mount Sinai Comprehensive Cancer Center


QIGONG AND CANCER TREATMENT:
An Interview with Dr. Lauren Bisk


WHY DO I FEEL SO TIRED?
Managing Cancer Related Fatigue
by Pat Kramer, RN, MSN, AOCN


LEARNING TO USE HUMOR TO COPE WITH CANCER
Paul E. McGhee, Ph.D.
President of The Laughter Remedy

SHARING THE HOLIDAYS WITH CANCER
by Burton Presberg, M.D.
Director, Psychosocial Services
The Alta Bates Comprehensive Cancer Center


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