McGraw-Hill Medical Publishing Releases Cancer Guide for Patients, Families and Caregivers

McGraw-Hill Medical Publishing, a leading publisher of professional health references and databases for physicians and medical students, today released Facing Cancer, an invaluable reference that combines top-tier medical information and compassionate counsel on cancer, its causes, and treatments with a caring approach to the emotional aspects of living with this diagnosis.

Uniquely supportive of the emotional, social, and familial aspects of living with cancer, Facing Cancer is written by leading physicians in the fields of psychiatry and oncology and provides solid, trustworthy information in distinctive chapters that answer the most pertinent questions about cancer. It features integrative and complementary therapies, including faith and prayer, and the best medical advice on nutritional and other health-building lifestyle changes.

Facing Cancer provides up-to-date information on cancer and its treatment, guidance to outside information sources, and advice on proven coping strategies for everyone involved. This book is vital to ease the loneliness, fear, and pain of facing this diagnosis. Each chapter includes extensive information to answer the most pertinent questions about cancer, and covers topics such as:

   * What is cancer?
   * What are the different types of cancer?
   * What is the impact of cancer on the family?
   * How can you help children cope with a parent's cancer?
   * What alternative and complementary therapies are available?
   * What is the role of faith in the lives of people with cancer?
   * How can you approach treatment decisions at the end of life?

Facing Cancer: A Complete Guide for Patients, Their Families, and Caregivers is a reference guide and support group in one comprehensive volume.

ABOUT THE AUTHORS

Theodore A. Stern, M.D., is Professor of Psychiatry at Harvard Medical School and Chief of the Avery D. Weisman Psychiatry Consultation Service at Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston, Massachusetts. Board certified by the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology, Dr. Stern is the author or co- author of more than 200 scientific articles and book chapters and 10 books, including The Massachusetts General Hospital Guide to Primary Care Psychiatry.

Mikkael A. Sekeres, M.D., M.S., is a staff oncologist at The Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Assistant Professor of Medicine at The Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine of Case Western Reserve University, and a former Clinical Fellow at Harvard Medical School. A leading oncologist, Dr. Sekeres has written on topics in oncology for both the medical professional as well as the general public. His work has been published in both scientific and nonscientific journals.

McGraw-Hill Medical Publishing is a unit of McGraw-Hill Education, leading global provider of electronic and print products the pre-K through 12th grade, higher education and professional markets. McGraw-Hill Education is a division of The McGraw-Hill Companies (NYSE: MHP)(NYSE: -)(NYSE: News), a global information services provider meeting worldwide needs in the financial services, education and business information markets through leading brands such as Standard & Poor's and Business Week. The corporation has more than 322 offices in 33 countries. Sales in 2003 were $4.8 billion. Additional information is available at http://www.mcgraw-hill.com/.

SOURCE: McGraw-Hill Medical Publishing

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