Deep Healing: The Essence of Mind/Body Medicine
Author: Emmett E Miller MD
Change the way you look at health and healing!
Coming at the height of America's continuing health-care crisis, Deep Healing brings new hope and a sigh of relief to every reader. It awakens even the most skeptical among us to the miraculous, inborn, self-healing capacities of our own mind-body.
Dr. Miller's message empowers and inspires us. He reveals secrets of self-healing that have now been well established by medical science the world over, which are rarely made public. Even more gratifying, he presents information and skills that can put the magic of healing back into the hands of patients, caring physicians, and other health professionals. He does this by describing eye-opening research, fascinating healing stories, advanced new skills in affimative mental imagery, the transformation of disease-oriented perceptions, the writing of positive life scripts, and much more.
Dr. Miller makes the case that we must take a whole new look at the doctor-patient relationship if we wish to restore quality health care to our society. But this is not a message of nostalgia. To support his vision for the new millennium, Dr. Miller presents amazing new skills for consciously stimulating the patients' inherent healing capacities. These are presented in the Deep Healing Experiential Workouts, an easy, logical, self-directed program that you can begin putting into practice today.
Based on Dr. Miller's own clinical practice, spanning more than 25 years, and extensive, cutting-edge research, this book paints a picture of self-help medicine at its best. It is for everyone--lay person and health professional alike--who believes in the power of healing!
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Coping with Chemotherapy and Radiation Therapy
Author: Daniel Cukier
New advances in treatment offer cancer patients more options than ever before. Coping with Chemotherapy and Radiation is an accessible, accurate guide to the latest developments in radiation therapy and chemotherapy. You will find important information on how chemotherapy and radiation treatments work; what to expect from treatments, how to alleviate common side effects, and more.
Daniel Cukier, M.D., has been a radiation oncologist for more than thirty years. He currently consults in radiology oncology and diagnostic radiology at Dartmouth Medical College.
Frank Gingerelli, M.D., is Chief of Radiation Oncology at Pascack Valley Hospital in Westwood, New Jersey.
Grace Makari-Judson, M.D., is an oncologist and breast cancer specialist at Bay state Medical Center in Springfield, Massachusetts.
Virginia E. McCullough is a noted health writer. Her books include A Consumer's Guide to Alternative Health Care and Testing and Your Child.
Doody Review Services
Reviewer: Melody L McKinney, DNS, RN (Indiana State University)
Description: This book was written for cancer patients and families as a reference on selected treatment options and the management of treatment effects. Information is included on the latest advances in cancer diagnosis and treatment including diagnostic and therapeutic radiology, chemotherapy, and the dietary and pharmacological management of pain and treatment side effects.
Purpose: According to the authors, the book was written to provide basic information to assist cancer patients and their families in coping with the treatment effects from radiation and chemotherapy.
Audience: The book was designed for cancer patients and their families. It might also be useful in providing an overview of cancer and its management for students and professionals in related healthcare fields.
Features: This oncology resource is divided into three parts with part one providing an overview of the basics of radiation therapy, side effects, and chemotherapy, along with a discussion of diet, lifestyle, and emotional concerns. Part two provides information on the management of specific cancers including the use of chemotherapy, radiation, bone marrow transplantation, gene therapy, and monoclonal antibody therapy. Additional information is provided on assessing and managing pain. Part three includes information on diagnostic testing and frequently asked questions. The book also contains an index, table of contents, glossary, and a listing of additional resources in the form of books, websites, and organizations.
Assessment: This publication covering the basic management of multiple cancers is not likely to be any more useful than detailed booklets from cancer organizations or website information covering specific cancers. The patient and family interested in a specific cancer and related issues would have to wade through irrelevant areas while searching for information, and in that process could overlook relevant information. The section on frequently asked questions, though relevant, should have done more to encourage patients to review specific concerns with their healthcare providers. I believe that the book, some of it very technical, may be of interest to selected patients but not to the average person with cancer.
Rating
3 Stars from Doody
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