Challenging Cancer - Softcover

The shock of finding out that you - or a relative or friend - has cancer can make you feel that life has descended into chaos. Written by a cancer specialist and a psychotherapist, this book aims to help you make sense of your diagnosis, and to help you move away from chaos towards a situation where you feel you have control back in your life. This inspiring book explores the use of information, emotional support and the provision of options to help trigger changes in people's lives. It shows you how through shared experience change and movement can emerge from chaos.

Dr Maurice Slevin MD, FRCP is a Senior Consultant Medical Oncologist at St Bartholomew's Hospital, London, specialising in the treatment of breast, gastrointestinal and gynaecological cancers. He has been interested in the emotional and psychological aspects of cancer for many years and is Chairman of the national cancer information and support charity, Cancerbackup. Dr Nira Kfir PhD is a psychotherapist. She is the Director of the Maagalim Psychotherapy and Counseling Institute in Tel-Aviv, Israel. She was responsible for developing a crisis intervention program in Israel for group work with bereaved families. She now works extensively with cancer patients, both individually and in groups.