Living with Cancer - Table of Contents

Table of Contents - Living with Cancer
Foreword Preface Acknowledgements: The Living with Cancer Team Quick Starts
Section One	Introduction Setting the stage
Chapter 1	Now What?
Section Two	Orientation Some preliminary introductions and suggestions
Chapter 2	Personal Decisions
Chapter 3	The Idea of Patient Partnering
Chapter 4	The Patient's New World
Chapter 5	Know the Illness
Chapter 6	Learn the Lingo
Section Three	Team Building People don't beat cancer. Teams of people do.
Chapter 7	Deciding Where to Have Treatment
Chapter 8	Medical Teams
Chapter 9	The Partner
Chapter 10	God
Chapter 11	The Patient's Personal Organization
Chapter 12	The Patient's Workplace
Chapter 13	Friends
Section Four	Supporting Resources An inventory and evaluation of available tools
Chapter 14	Health Insurance
Chapter 15	Public Assistance Law
Chapter 16	Private Attorney Services
Chapter 17	Family Money
Chapter 18	Charities
Chapter 19	Support Groups
Chapter 20	Fraternal Orders and Community Service Groups
Chapter 21	Gifts and Givers
Chapter 22	Public Assistance
Chapter 23	Armed Services
Chapter 24	Raising Cash
Section Five	The Illness Help a patient can use and things a patient should know, to make the best of this
Chapter 25	The Personal Side of Being Very Sick
Chapter 26	Nine Easy Ways to Shoot Yourself in the Foot
Chapter 27	Treatments
Chapter 28	Nutrition and Fitness
Chapter 29	Implants and Replacement Parts
Chapter 30	Transplants
Chapter 31	Vaccines
Chapter 32	Nontraditional Healing Practices
Chapter 33	Things They May Forget to Tell You about Chemo
Chapter 34	Taking Your Medicine
Chapter 35	Watching and Waiting
Chapter 36	Always Wear Your Game Face
Chapter 37	Getting "Better"
Chapter 38	Easy Cancer
Chapter 39	Tough Cancer
Chapter 40	Dealing with Pain and Nausea
Chapter 41	Recovering from Surgery
Section Six	Related Issues Topics you may need to know more about
Chapter 42	Budgeting
Chapter 43	Care at Home
Chapter 44	Clinical Trials
Chapter 45	Personal Health Disclosure Guidelines
Chapter 46	Project Management Suggestions for Partners
Chapter 47	Stuff Happens
Chapter 48	Travel for Medical Purposes
Section Seven	Relationships Critical Elements of Patient-Partner Relationships
Chapter 49	Basic Patient/Partner Relationships
Chapter 50	Parent/Child Partnerships
Chapter 51	When the Patient Is Your Spouse
Chapter 52	When The Patient Is a Parent
Chapter 53	Critical Elements of Patient-Partner Relationships
One More Thing...
Reference Center
	Alphabetical and topical listings of contacts and resources
Index