The Cancer Guide is a definitive and
inspirational book designed to help patients, partners, family and work
colleagues navigate the trials and difficulties associated with cancer and its
treatment.
The Cancer Guide is a definitive and
inspirational book designed to help patients, partners, family and work
colleagues navigate the trials and difficulties associated with cancer and its
treatment.
With over forty years worth of experience to her name,
O'Dwyer writes about cancer with humanity and clarity, helping to combat the
myths and misinformation surrounding the disease in an age of information
overload.
Adopting an integrated biological and psychological
perspective, O'Dwyer highlights the person at the heart of every treatment,
providing helpful advice and shared experiences that are able to destigmatize
the shame, fear and denial faced by those affected by cancer.
The Cancer Guide is an empowering and
informative book for all those whose lives and loved ones have been touched by
cancer.
About the Author
Professor Anne-Marie O'Dwyer is a clinical professor
at Trinity College, Dublin and a psychiatrist with almost four decades of
clinical experience.
She has worked at the Maudsley and Addenbrooke's Hospital
and long-term at Trinity College and St James' Hospital in Dublin.
O'Dwyer spent more than half of her career working directly
with patients who have cancer and wrote the textbook Practical
Psychiatry for Students and Trainees on the psychological aspects of
medical care for Oxford University Press.
This is her first book designed for everyone.