Books

The books here are only a small portion of what ís available. Remember, if you read anything that conflicts with what your doctor or nurse tells you, contact her to discuss it.

Achterberg, J. Imagery in Healing: Shamanism and Modern Medicine. Boston: Shambhala, 1985.

Achterberg, J., B. Dossey, and L. Kokmeier. Rituals of Healing: Using Imagery for Health and Wellness. Toronto: Bantam Books, 1994.

Adams, David. Parents of Children with Cancer Speak Out. Toronto: Candlelighters Canada, n.d.

Altman, Roberta. The Prostate Answer Book. New York: Warner, 1993.

American Cancer Society. Helping Children Understand. New York: American Cancer Society, 1986.

American Cancer Society. It Helps to Have Friends When Mom or Dad Has Cancer. New York: American Cancer Society, 1987.

Austin, Steve, and Cathy Hitchcock. Breast Cancer - What You Should Know (But May Not Be Told) About Prevention, Diagnosis and Treatment. Rocklin, CA: Prima Publishing, n.d.

Baird, Susan. A Cancer Source Book for Nurses. Atlanta: American Cancer Society, 1992.

Barasch, Marc. The Healing Path: A Soul Approach to Illness. New York: Arkana, 1995.

Benjamin, Harold H. The Wellness Community Guide to Fighting for Recovery from Cancer. New York: Putnam, 1995.

Benson, H. The Relaxation Response. New York: William Morrow, 1975.

Blitzer, Andrew, et al. Communicating with Cancer Patients and Their Families. Philadelphia: The Charles Press, 1990.

Boik, John. Cancer and Natural Medicine. Oregon: Oregon Medical Press, 1996.

Borysenko, J. Minding the Body, Mending the Mind. New York: Addison-Wesley, 1987.

Bostwick, Gregory T. MacLennan, and Thane R. Larson. Prostate Cancer: What Every Man-and His Family-Needs to Know. New York: Villard, 1996.

Brady, Frank B. A Singular View. The Art of Seeing with One Eye. Toronto: Edgemore Enterprises Inc. (P.O. Box 127, 260 Adelaide Street East Post Office, M5A 1N1), 1992.

Brain Tumour Foundation of Canada. Brain Tumour Patient Resource Handbook. London, ON: Brain Tumour Foundation of Canada [(519) 642-7755], adult version 1996; pediatric version, 1994.

Buckman, Robert. What You Really Need to Know about Cancer. A Comprehensive Guide for Patients and Their Families. Toronto: Key Porter Books, 1995.

Buckman, Robert, with Ruth Gallop, and John Martin. I Don't Know What to Say: How to Help and Support Someone Who Is Dying. Toronto: Key Porter Books, 1988.

Buckman, Robert, and Karl Sabbagh. Magic or Medicine: An Investigation of Healing and Healers. Toronto: Key Porter Books, 1993.

Burlington Breast Cancer Support Services, Inc. What You Need to Know about Breast Cancer. Burlington: Breast Cancer Support Services, Inc., 1993.

Butler, Sandra and Barbara Rosenblum. Cancer in Two Voices. San Francisco: Spinsters, 1991.

Bruning, Nancy. Coping With Chemotherapy. Garden City, N.Y.: Dial, 1985.

Candlelighters Canada. Parent Group Resource Manual. Toronto: Candlelighters Canada, 1992.

Candlelighters Canada. Annotated Resource List for Families of Children with Cancer and the Professionals Who Care for Them. Toronto: Candlelighters Canada, 1993.

Candlelighters Canada. School Re-entry Resource Manual. Toronto: Candlelighters Canada, 1993.

Candlelighters Canada. One, Two, Three . . . Ouchless. Toronto: Candlelighters Canada, 1995.

Cantor, Robert Chernin. And a Time to Live: Toward Emotional Well-Being During the Crisis of Cancer. New York: Harper and Row, 1978.

Clyne, Rachael. Coping with Cancer. New York: Thorson's Publishing, 1986.

Cowan, Lee, with Pam Smith and Holly Cockburn. Try It! A Cookbook for Cancer Patients. Edmonton: Cross Cancer Institute, n.d.

Creaturo, Barbara. Courage: The Testimony of a Cancer Patient. Mississauga, ON: Random House, 1991.

Cukier, Daniel, and Virginia McCullogh. Coping with Radiation Therapy: A Ray of Hope. Los Angeles: Lowell House, 1994.

Cunningham, Alastair J. Helping Yourself. Toronto: Canadian Cancer Society, 1989.

Cunningham, Alastair J. The Healing Journey: Overcoming the Crisis of Cancer. Toronto: Key Porter Books, 1992.

Dackman, Linda. Up Front: Sex and the Post-Mastectomy Woman. Toronto: Viking, 1991.

Dawson, Donna. Women's Cancers: The Treatment Options. London, ON: Judy Piatkus Ltd., 1990.

Dass, R., and P. Gorman. How Can I Help? New York: Knopf, 1986.

Davis, M., E. R. Eshelman, and M. McKay. The Relaxation and Stress Reduction Workbook. N.c., CA: New Harbinger, 1982.

Dollinger, Malin, Ernest H. Rosenbaum, and Greg Cable. Everyoneís Guide to Cancer Therapy. How Cancer Is Diagnosed, Treated and Managed Day to Day. Adapted by the Canadian Medical Association, edited by Richard Hasselback. Toronto: Somerville House, 1995.

Dosdall, Claude. My God, I Thought You'd Died. Toronto: Seal Books, 1986.

Doyes, Diane, and Peggy Melody. Beauty and Cancer. Toronto: Simon and Schuster, 1980.

Drum, David. Making the Chemotherapy Decision. Los Angeles: Lowell House, 1996.

Epstein, G. Healing Visualizations. New York: Bantam New Age, 1989.

Erasmus, U. Fats and Oils: The Complete Guide to Fats and Oils in Health and Nutrition. Vancouver: Alive Books, 1986.

Faraday, A. Dream Power. New York: Berkley Medallion Books, 1972.

Ferguson, Tom. Health Online: How to Find Health Information, Support Forums, and Self-Help Communities in Cyberspace. Reading, MA; Don Mills, ON: Addison-Wesley, 1996.

Fine, Judylaine. Afraid to Ask. Toronto: Kids Can Press, 1984.

Fink, John M. Third Opinion: An International Directory to Alternative Therapy Centers for the Treatment and Prevention of Cancer. Garden City Park, NY: Avery, 1992.

Garrett Garrison, Judith, and Scott Sheperd. Cancer and Hope: Charting a Survival Course. Minneapolis: CompCare, 1989.

Garfield, P. Creative Dreaming. New York: Ballantine, 1974.

Gawler, I. You Can Conquer Cancer. Melbourne: Hill of Content, 1984.

Gendlin, E. T. Focusing. New York: Bantam, 1980.

Germann, Donald R. The Anti-Cancer Diet. New York: Wideview, 1980.

Goldenberg, Larry S. The Intelligent Patient Guide to Prostate Cancer. Vancouver: Intelligent Patient Guide, 1992.

Gomella, Leonard G. Recovering from Prostate Cancer. New York: Harper Paperbacks, 1993.

Goodman, Michelle. B. Vanishing Cookies: Doing OK When a Parent Has Cancer. Downsview, ON: The Benjamin Institute for Community Education and Referral, 1990.

Greene, Barbara. Breast Cancer: Unanswered Questions. Ottawa: Queen's Printer, 1992.

Greene, Barbara. Breast Cancer: Government Response to the Report of the Standing Committee on Health and Welfare, Social Affairs, Seniors and the Status of Women. Ottawa: Queen's Printer, 1993.

Gross, Amy, and Dee Ito. Women Talk about Breast Surgery: From Diagnosis to Recovery. New York: Potter, 1990.

Harpham, Wendy Schlessel. Diagnosis: Cancer: Your Guide through the First Few Months. New York: Norton, 1992.

Harris, Dena E. Recovering from a Hysterectomy. New York: HarperPaperbacks, 1992.

Horne, Ross. Cancer Proof Your Body. Sydney: HarperCollins, 1996.

Horowitz, Karen E., and Douglas M. Lanes. Witness to Illness. Reading, MA: Addison-Wesley, 1992.

Ireland, Jill. Life Wish. Toronto: Little, Brown & Co., 1987.

Jacobs, Sheila. The Big Fall: Living with Hair Loss. Burnaby, BC: New Century, 1992.

Jampolsky, G. G. Love Is Letting Go of Fear. New York: Bantam Books, 1979.

Jevne, R. F., and A. Levitan. No Time for Nonsense: Self Help for the Seriously Ill. San Diego: LuraMedia, 1989.

Johnson, Judy, and Linda Klein. I Can Cope: Staying Healthy with Cancer. Minneapolis: DCI, 1988.

Johnson, Paul. Conquering Cancer: An Invitation to Hope. Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 1991.

Josip, Gabre. How I Beat Cancer and How You Can Prevent It. Mississauga, ON:Josip Gabre, 1991.

Kabat-Zinn, J. Full Catastrophe Living. New York: Delacorte, 1990.

Kahane, Debora H. No Less a Woman: Ten Women Shatter the Myths about Breast Cancer. Toronto: Prentice Hall, 1990.

Kaltenbach, Don. Prostate Cancer: A Survivor's Guide. New Port Richey, FL: Seneca House, 1995.

Kauffman, Danette G. Surviving Cancer: A Practical Guide for Those Fighting to Win! Washington, DC: Acropolis, 1989.

Korda, Michael. Man to Man: Surviving Prostate Cancer. New York: Random House, 1996.

Kushner, H. S. When Bad Things Happen to Good People. New York: Schocken, 1981.

Lang, Susan S. You Don't Have to Suffer: A Complete Guide to Relieving Cancer Pain for Patients and Their Families. New York: Oxford University Press, 1994.

Larshan, Edward J., and Richard Larschan. The Diagnosis Is Cancer: A Psychological and Legal Resource Handbook for Cancer Patients, Their Families and Helping Professionals. Palo Alto: Bull, 1986.

Lerner, Michael. Choices in Healing: Integrating the Best of Conventional and Complementary Approaches to Cancer. Cambridge, MA: MIT, 1994.

LeShan, Eda. Learning to Say Good-by: When a Childís Parent Dies. New York: Avon, 1988.

LeShan, Lawrence L. Cancer as a Turning Point: A Handbook for People with Cancer, Their Families, and Health Professionals. New York: Plume, 1989.

Lewis, James, Jr. How I Survived Prostate Cancer . . . And So Can You. Westbury, NY: Health Education Literary Publisher, 1994.

Locke, S., and D. Colligan. The Healer Within. New York: Dutton, 1986.

Lockie, A., and Geddes, N. The Women's Guide to Homeopathy: The Natural Way to a Healthier Life for Women. Toronto: Penguin, 1992.

Look Good . . . Feel Better. Changes, Choices, and Challenges: A Guide to Coping with Hair Loss and Skin Changes from Cancer and Its Treatment. Mississauga, ON: Look Good . . . Feel Better, 1990.

Love, Susan, with Karen Lindsey. Dr. Susan Loveís Breast Book. N.C.: Addison-Wesley, 1995.

Lynes, Barry. The Cancer Cure That Worked-Fifty Years of Suppression. n.c.: Marcus Books, 1987.

Lynes, Barry. The Healing of Cancer: the Cures, the Cover-ups and the Solution Now. Queensville, ON: Marcus Books, 1989.

Mae, Edie with Chris Loeffler. How I Conquered Cancer Naturally. California: Harvest House Publishers, 1975.

Marks, Sheldon. Prostate and Cancer: A Family Guide to Diagnosis, Treatment, and Survival. Tucson: Fisher Books, 1995.

Matheson, Clare. Fate Cries Enough: Clare Matheson, a Survivor of the Cervical Cancer Experiment at National Women's Hospital. Auckland: Sceptre, 1989.

Mathews-Simonton, S. The Healing Family. New York: Bantam Books, 1984.

McAdams, Constance. Understanding Acute Leukemia: Information for Patients and Families. Rev. ed. Toronto: Canadian Cancer Society, Ontario Division, 1986.

McDougal, W. Scott., and P. J. Skerett. Prostate Disease. New York: Times Books, 1996.

McGrath, Patrick J., G. Allen Finley, and Catherine J. Turner. Making Cancer Less Painful. Halifax: Izaak Walton Killam Children's Hospital, 1992.

Meyer, Sylvan. Prostate Cancer: Making Survival Decisions. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1994.

Morganstern, S., and A. Abrahams. The Prostate Source Book: Everything You Need to Know. Los Angeles: Lowell House, 1993.

Morra, Marion, and Eve Potts. Choices: Required Reading for Anyone Facing Cancer. New York: Avon Books, 1994.

Moss, D. Ralph. Cancer Therapy: The Independent Consumer's Guide to Non-toxic Treatment and Prevention. New York: Equinox Press/Movable Type, 1992.

Moyers, Bill. Healing and the Mind. New York: Doubleday, 1993.

Mullen, Barbara, and Kerry McGinn. The Ostomy Book. Palo Alto: Bull, 1992, (415) 322-2855.

Murcia, Andy, and Bob Stewart. Man to Man: When the Woman You Love Has Breast Cancer. New York: St. Martin's, 1989.

Nessim, Susan, and Judith Ellis. Cancervive: The Challenge of Life after Cancer. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1992.

Ontario Breast Cancer Information Exchange Project. A Guide to Unconventional Cancer Therapies. Toronto: Ontario Breast Cancer Information Exchange Project, 1994.

Patterson, James T. The Dread Disease. Cambridge: Harvard, 1987.

Payne, James E. Me Too: A Doctor Survives Prostate Cancer. Waco, TX: WRS, 1994.

Pelletier, K. Mind as Healer, Mind as Slayer. New York: Delta, 1977.

Pelton, R., and L. Overholser. Alternatives in Cancer Therapy. Toronto: Fireside, 1994.

Pennington, Sheila. Healing Yourself: Understanding How Your Mind Can Heal Your Body. Toronto: McGraw-Hill Ryerson, 1988.

Petterle, Elmo A. Legacy of Love. N.c., CA: Shelter Publications, n.d.

Pezim, Michael. Colon and Rectal Cancer. Vancouver: Intelligent Patient Guide, 1992.

Pezim, Michael. Breast Cancer. Vancouver: Intelligent Patient Guide, 1995.

Phillips, Robert. Coping with an Ostomy. Wayne, NJ: Avery, 1986.

Phillips, Robert. Coping with Prostate Cancer. Garden City Park, NY: Avery, 1994.

Pomeroy, Dana Rae. When Someone You Love Has Cancer. New York: Berkley, 1996.

Proctor, Robert. Cancer Wars: How Politics Shapes What We Know and Don't Know about Cancer. New York: Basic, 1995.

Quillin, Patrick, and Noreen Patrick. Beating Cancer with Nutrition. Tulsa, OK: Nutrition Times, 1994.

Ramstack, Janet, and Ernest H. Rosenbaum. Nutrition for the Cancer Patient. N.c.: Bull, 1980.

Richards, Evelleen. Vitamin C and Cancer: Medicine or Politics? New York: St. Martin's, 1991.

Roloff, Tricia Ann. Navigating through a Strange Land: A Book for Brain Tumour Patients. San Francisco: Indigo, 1995, (415) 563-8308.

Rosenbaum, Ernest, et al. Rehabilitation Exercises for the Cancer Patient. Palo Alto: Bull, 1980.

Rossman, M. L. Healing Yourself. New York: Pocket, 1987.

Rous, Stephen N. The Prostate Book: Sound Advice on Symptoms and Treatment. New York: Norton, 1992.

Ryan, R. S., and J. W. Travis. Wellness Workbook. Berkley: Ten Speed, 1981.

Samuels, M. Healing with the Mind's Eye. New York: Summit Books, 1990.

Samuels, M., and N. Samuels. Seeing with the Mind's Eye. New York: Random House, 1975.

Seltzer, Vicky L. Every Woman's Guide to Breast Cancer. Markham, ON: Penguin, 1988.

Shaffer, Marianne. Bone Marrow Transplant: A Guide for Cancer Patients and Their Families. N.c., TX: Taylor, 1994.

Shannon, Nadine. A Time For Sharing. Winnipeg: YM-YWCA, 1988.

Shannon, Nadine, and Cathleen Hjalmarson. After Breast Cancer. Winnipeg: YM-YWCA, 1988.

Shannon, Nadine, Leanne Hibbert, and Clement Lang. Understanding Breast Cancer. Winnipeg: YM-YWCA, 1988.

Shaw, Charles R. When You Need Help with Cancer. New York: Morrow, 1973.

Shaw, Clare. Cancer: Over 100 Recipes for Coping with Cancer During and After Treatment. London: Thorsons, 1995.

Siegel, Bernie. Love, Medicine and Miracles. New York: Harper & Row, 1986.

Siegel, Bernie. Peace, Love and Healing. New York: Harper & Row, 1989.

Simonton, O. C., S. Mathews-Simonton, and J. L. Creighton. Getting Well Again. New York: Bantam, 1978.

Sobel, David S., and Tom Ferguson. The People's Book of Medical Tests. New York: Summit, 1985.

van Bommel, Harry. Choices: For People Who Have a Terminal Illness, Their Families and Their Caregivers. Fourth ed. Toronto: N.c., 1993.

Virag, Irene. We're All in This Together: Families Facing Breast Cancer. N.c., KS: Andrews and McMeel, 1995.

Walsh, Patrick C., and Janet Farrar Worthington. The Prostate: A Guide for Men and the Women Who Love Them. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins, 1995.

Waxler-Morrison, Nancy, Joan M. Anderson, and Elizabeth Richardson, eds. Cross-Cultural Caring: A Handbook for Health Professionals in Western Canada. Vancouver: University of British Columbia, 1990.

Williams, Penelope. That Other Place: A Personal Account of Breast Cancer. Toronto: Dundurn, 1993.

Zakarian, Beverly. The Activist Cancer Patient: How to Take Charge of Your Treatment. New York, Toronto: Wiley, 1996.

 

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