Download or read book Everyday Strength written by Randy Becton and published by Baker Books. This book was released on 2006-07-01 with total page 160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As a cancer survivor, Randy Becton knows firsthand the onslaught this disease brings on the human spirit. His experience creates a special bond with fellow cancer patients, making his encouragement even more powerful. In Everyday Strength he offers hope and comfort through poetic prayers, Scripture, brief reflections, and uplifting thoughts for each day. Everyday Strength deals honestly with topics such as depression, anger, fear, and loneliness. It guides those who are fighting cancer toward spiritual and mental wellness in the face of physical illness. First published in 1989, these thirty-three meditations are now repackaged with a fresh look for today.
Download or read book Spirituality in the Cancer Patient written by Rosa Rebecca Garner and published by . This book was released on 2017 with total page 118 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Unmet spiritual needs affect the ability of cancer patients to adapt and cope with their diagnosis. This quantitative direct improvement (DPI) project investigates to what extent spiritual concerns affect cancer patients and their QoL in the oncology clinic in which the intervention of spiritual assessments has not previously been employed. Theoretical foundations used were Roy's model of adaptation and Mishel's uncertainty of illness theory. The Spiritual Need Assessment of Patients (SNAP) survey comprises of a total 23 items in three subscales of the psychosocial (5), spiritual (13) and religious (5). Seventy-two percent described themselves as spiritual but not religious; 20% reported unmet spiritual needs; 24% wanted help meeting their spiritual needs. Participants who answered 0́8no' had significantly higher mean scores (57) on the total SNAP survey and the spiritual needs subscale (33.2) with statistical significance found. Descriptive and inferential statistics were used. Consult validity was assessed by comparing each of the subscale scores with the general spiritual needs assessment question. Validity and reliability were determined by Pearson's correlation and Spearman's correlation, which found a positive correlation (1.0) between the three subscales. Clinical practice was improved by the intervention of spiritual assessments where spiritual needs were identified and the increase in consultation to the chaplain service resource to assist patients with adapting to their uncertainties, which may improve their QoL. Implications include recognition of the need to provide holistic patient-centered care in clinical practice that includes spirituality. Spiritual support assists patients in adapting and coping, and by helping the patient turn a negative situation into a positive experience.
Download or read book Heal Your Cancer written by Bruno Cortis MD and published by Bruno Cortis. This book was released on 2014 with total page 63 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An Empowering Survivor’s Experience From the Darkness of Cancer to the Light of Healing. Dr. Cortis inspires you to communicate with your heart, the core of your spiritual domain, and to mobilize its healing forces of unconditional love and forgiveness. Heal your Cancer sheds new light on life’s meaning. The unison of the patient spirit with Divine Nature becomes an integral part of the healing process. This book delivers invaluable advice and strategies for nurturing a positive mindset of physical and spiritual well-being. Dr. Bruno Cortis is one of the leading authorities on stress management in America. He is a cardiologist, Assistant Professor at Rush University Medical Center and a Visiting Professor at Guadalajara.
Download or read book Global Perspectives in Cancer Care written by Michael Silbermann and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2022 with total page 529 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Contemporary medical models focus predominantly on the technical and financial aspects of care. While these are important aspects of care, they fail to include what may be the most critical need of patients and families - that is, the whole-person approach to care where psychosocial and spiritual needs are viewed as essential and just as important as the physical. Cecily Saunders, the founder of hospice, was one of the first to describe the concept of 'total pain', which led to the biopsychosocial and spiritual model of care. In 2014, the World Health Assembly for the WHO passed a resolution which included spiritual care as an essential domain of palliative care, stating that Palliative Care is an approach that improves the quality of life of patients "through the prevention and relief of suffering by means of early identification and correct assessment and treatment of pain and other problems, whether physical, psychosocial or spiritual." WHO also noted that "it is the ethical duty of health care professionals" to alleviate pain and suffering, whether physical, psychosocial or spiritual and further supported an interdisciplinary model by noting the need for collaboration between professional palliative care providers and support care providers, including spiritual support and counseling"--
Download or read book Spirit to Heal written by Michael Torosian and published by . This book was released on 2003 with total page 196 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Based on case histories and pioneering research, this book illuminates the pathway to personal growth and awareness, spiritual transforamtion, and the healing of your spirit.
Download or read book SOCIAL AND SPIRITUAL DANCING IN CANCER written by Vera Eikon and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2013-01-15 with total page 159 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The presence of cancer cells that is now called a disease does not just grow overnight. Chemotherapy alone cannot cure the disease either - my mother believed these too. She once pacified a stage 4 breast cancer diagnosis and defied the odds as her disease went into remission. A strength based model, specifically the psychological process of family resilience became a guiding framework as I and my mother chose to take a positive stance in the midst of a threatening situation. In addition to recognizing family strengths and resources, this book also focuses on the significance of positive relationships within the community. The interplay of resilient characteristics is highlighted while at the same time recognizing actual and real challenges that come along with a cancer experience - the “silent struggles” toward social issues that all had an impact in my mother's disease. Yet, cancer can be a gateway to heal and to evolve one's consciousness in the process. It is a consciousness that is inherent to each but is usually dormant and unrecognized. This can allow both the person with cancer and other family members be positively transformed by the illness – an opportunity and gift of cancer. In this book, I do not speak as an expert but as an observer of my own life and my environment as I attempt to document my mother's cancer experience. The time I became her immediate caregiver during initial cancer treatments and until she was re-integrating into the community as a woman diagnosed with cancer. - Vera Icon “A blend of scholarly research, spirituality and personal experience shapes this memoir of growth and loss when coping with cancer...” “A poignant mother–daughter story that adds a personal touch to the science of suffering.” Kirkus Review, November 30, 2012
Download or read book Spiritual Needs in Research and Practice written by Arndt Büssing and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2021-05-28 with total page 488 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Based on information gathered from the internationally used Spiritual Needs Questionnaire, this book offers analyses of the spiritual and existential needs among different groups of people such as the chronically ill, elderly, adolescents, mothers of sick children, refugees, patients' relatives, and others. The theoretical background, specific empirical findings and the relevance of addressing spiritual needs is discussed by experts from different professions and cultural contexts. Supporting a person's spiritual needs remains an important task of future healthcare systems that wish to more comprehensively care for the healthcare needs of patients, and of religious communities to ensure that spiritual concerns of all persons, independent of their religious orientations, are met in and outside healthcare settings.
Download or read book A Medical and Spiritual Guide to Living with Cancer written by William A. Fintel and published by W Publishing Group. This book was released on 1993 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A combination of medical and spiritual information makes living With Cancer the only complete handbook for cancer patients and their families. In addition to the basic medical facts about cancer, written in easy-to-understand terms, it addresses medical issues without using technical jargon and offers answers to pragmatic questions about therapies, patient rights and financial concerns.
Download or read book When God Cancer Meet written by Lynn Eib and published by Tyndale House Publishers, Inc.. This book was released on 2002 with total page 204 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A book of powerful stories about cancer patients and their families who have been touched by God in miraculous ways—some in their bodies, others in their minds, all in their spirits—offers inspiring testimony that, when God and cancer meet, cancer is conquered. The author, herself a cancer survivor, gives us a behind-the-scenes glimpse of 18 personal encounters with God. Here's what others are saying about When God & Cancer Meet: “Lynn has captured the essence of hope in this book; captured hope in ways that I have always taught in my professional world as well as in my spiritual community. This book is a treasure to those who struggle with the fears of cancer and I want to keep it close at hand for those reasons.” —Judy Lentz, RN, MSN, OCN, NHA Executive Director, Hospice and Palliative Nurses Association “I co-lead a cancer support group at my church, and we have been looking for “just the right book” to study and discuss. Guess what?! Lyn wrote it! I was truly touched by all the stories; of course being a cancer-survivor myself, I saw myself in one of the stories, as if Lyn were writing my own personal story. I was truly impressed with the way she incorporated scripture, and God's viewpoint into every story. I think that is of utmost importance for anyone facing this disease. Lyn's book is “Real-Life”; some quickly are healed of the cancer, some deal with it over a prolonged period, some deal with recurrences, some, mercifully, die rather quickly. I share Lyn's belief that GOD sometimes chooses to heal in different ways: physically, emotionally and spiritually. In the process of surviving a primary brain tumor, surgery, Chemo, and radiation, I gave my life to Christ, realizing that my physical health was not GOD's main concern, my Spiritual health was the biggest victim of a disease that needed attention and this was the way He FINALLY got my attention. Lyn's book alludes to this fact in every one of her stories. In this day and age that we are living, where it is against the rules to even mention GOD ( unless we mention His name in vain) it is refreshing to have a book written, praising Him for His care and concern for us; written by a woman who has experienced the disease firsthand, and continues to minister to others with cancer, and to work for a Doctor! who isn't ashamed of his Faith ! WOW!! Obviously, Lyn's book has my highest reccomendation, and my support group will be purchasing multple copies, and we plan to invite Lyn to speak with us. Lyn is a wonderful person, and I thank God for allowing our paths to cross. I'm sure this book will touch many lives,and give many a new perspective and hope with their cancer.” —Chris Winand, cancer survivor
Download or read book Defeating Cancer A Christian Spiritual Warfare Model written by and published by Jerome Jochem. This book was released on with total page 67 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Resiliency and Spirituality in Cancer Patients written by Christian R. Washburn and published by . This book was released on 2011 with total page 346 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book A Spiritual Journey Through Breast Cancer written by Judy Asti and published by Northfield Publishing. This book was released on 2002-04 with total page 164 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Judy Asti writes about how she renewed her faith while undergoing treatment for breast cancer.
Download or read book Meaning centered Group Psychotherapy for Patients with Advanced Cancer written by William S. Breitbart and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 2014 with total page 129 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Meaning-Centered Psychotherapy (MCP) for advanced cancer patients is a highly effective intervention for advanced cancer patients, developed and tested in randomized controlled trials by Breitbart and colleagues at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center. This treatment manual for group therapy provides clinicians in the oncology and palliative care settings a highly effective, brief, structured intervention shown to be effective in helping patients sustain meaning, hope and quality of life.
Download or read book Cope by Faith written by Natalie Hamrick, Ph.D. and published by Author House. This book was released on 2009-09-03 with total page 112 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ready to step by faith to get through cancer? Join Life Coach Dr. Natalie Hamrick in the journey that can change your life: partnering with God to not only get through but triumph from cancer. It does not matter whether your cancer diagnosis was today or years ago, working through this book as a self-study or with a group will inspire you. Cope by Faith is designed to help you: ? Trust God to handle things beyond your control ? Work through any self-blame and anger at others or God ? Determine how God is growing you ? Find the peace that is waiting for you ? Live your life according to your priorities ? Discover the strength that only comes from true faith in God’s healing love Cope by Faith filled a void by providing something secular support groups do not provide. A life-threatening event such as cancer is really a spiritual event and Cope by Faith inspires people to step back and trust in God to find hope, strength and peace. - Maria Staiano, 5-Year Cancer Survivor Cope by Faith is the first of its kind to enlist religious and spiritual truths as a catalyst for survivorship and healing from the ravages of cancer. Dr. Natalie Hamrick uses her skills as a Psychologist and her Christian faith to tap spiritual and religious resources as a means for cancer survivors to defend against the impositions of fear and worry so common with this disease. With this step by step, facilitated, group-based program, she has armed cancer survivors with the religiously accurate and psychologically sound means to maintain a healthy approach to living – with faith, a sense of God-given dominion and spiritual acceptance as a pathway to peace. – Jane Mather, MS, BCC, Director of Spiritual Care Services at Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Holy Family Hospital
Download or read book Dying and Death in Oncology written by Lawrence Berk and published by Springer. This book was released on 2016-10-11 with total page 187 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book brings together in one volume many important topics about death and dying, including the pathophysiology of death, the causes of death among cancer patients, the ethics of death, the legal aspects of death for the physician and for the patient and caregivers, the economics of death, the medical management of the dying patient, including pain and dyspnea, the prediction of death, and the spiritual management of the dying patient. It also discusses other medical and humanistic aspects of death and dying, such as the historical definition of death and various cultures’ and religions’ viewpoints on death and the afterlife. Everybody, including every patient with cancer, will die, and every physician will have to assist dying patients. Oncologists face this prospect more often than many physicians. And yet to date there has been no comprehensive textbook on Thanatology, the academic discipline studying death and dying, to assist oncologists in this difficult task. This book will help the physician to understand his or her own relationship with death and to communicate about death and dying with the patient and the patient’s caregivers.
Download or read book The Role of Spirituality Among Cancer Patients written by Jennifer Summers and published by . This book was released on 2006 with total page 108 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Healing Words written by Larry Dossey and published by Harper Collins. This book was released on 2011-08-16 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Proving prayer to be as valid and vital a healing tool as drugs or surgery, the bestselling author of Meaning & Medicine and Recovering the Soul offers a bold integration of science and spirituality.
