Helpful Books
Many persons with cancer, and their loved ones, have found these books
to be helpful as they navigate the cancer journey.
Nutrition:
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"The China Study”, T. Colin Campbell, PhD, Thomas Campbell II, MD
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“How Not to Die”, Michael Greger, MD, FACLM
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“UnDo It!: How Simple Lifestyle Changes Can Reverse Most Chronic Diseases”, Dean Ornish, MD and Anne Ornish
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“The Spectrum: A Scientifically Proven Program to Feel Better, Live Longer, Lose Weight, and Gain Health”, Dean Ornish, MD
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“Food Rules: An Eater’s Manual”, Michael Pollan
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“In Defense of Food: An Eater’s Manifesto”, Michael Pollan
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“Forks Over Knives: The Plant-Based Way to Health”, Gene Stone, T. Colin Campbell, et al.
Self-Care / Recovery:
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“Healing Your Life, Healing Your Cancer”, David Cliness, PhD
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“The Anatomy of Hope”, Jerome Groopman, MD
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“You Can Fight for Your Life”, Lawrence LeShan, PhD
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“Cancer as a Turning Point”, Lawrence LeShan, PhD
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“Enjoy Every Sandwich: Living Each Day As If It Were Your Last”, Lee Lipsenthal, MD
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“Fighting Cancer from Within”, Martin L Rossman, MD
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"Guilt is the Teacher, Love is the Lesson", Joan Borysenko, PhD
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"Minding the Body, Mending the Mind", Joan Borysenko, PhD
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"The Power of the Mind to Heal", Joan Borysenko. PhD
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"Forgive for Good", Fredrick Luskin, PhD
Talking with Children About Cancer and Illness:
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“Jeannie Ann’s Grandma Has Breast Cancer”, Diane Davies
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“Someone I Love Is Sick: Helping very young children cope with cancer in the family”, Kathleen McCue, MA, LSW, CCLS
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“What Happens When Someone I Love has Cancer”, Sara Olsher
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“Cancer Party!”, Sara Olsher (Explains cancer, chemo and radiation to kids in a totally non-scary way)
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“The Little Soul and the Sun”, Neale Donald Walsch (understanding why bad things happen)
Talking with Children about Death:
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“When Dinosaurs Die: A guide to understanding death”, Laurie Brown and Marc Brown (ages 3-8)
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“The Next Place”, Warren Hanson (ages 5 and up)
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“Lifetimes: A beautiful way to explain death to children”, Bryan Mellonie and Robert Ingpen (ages 3-6)
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“Something Very Sad Happened: A toddler’s guided to understanding death”, Bonnie Zucker and Kim Fleming (ages 2-4)