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Written by Jimmie C. Holland MD and Sheldon Lewis

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In The Human Side of Cancer, Jimmie C. Holland, M.D., of Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, explores the broad range of emotions people with cancer and their loved ones experience from the moment of diagnosis through the treatment and its aftermath.

Chapter 1 What is the Human Side of Cancer?
Chapter 2 The Tyranny of Positive Thinking
Chapter 3 The Mind-Body Connection and Cancer
Chapter 4 The Diagnosis: "I Could Die of This"
Chapter 5 Working Together
Chapter 6 Coping
Chapter 7 The Human Side of Cancer Treatments
Chapter 8 The Human Side of Specific Cancers
Chapter 9 All Medicine Doesn't Come in a Bottle: Psychological Treatment
Chapter 10 Alternative and Complementary Therapies
Chapter 11 "I'm a Survivor - Now What?"
Chapter 12 Staying Healthy
Chapter 13 The Goal is Control
Chapter 14 The Last Taboo
Chapter 15 The Family and Cancer
Chapter 16 How Do I Go On?
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