Cancer Caregiver Roles

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Cancer Caregiver Roles

What You Need to Know

Medicine: general issues

Author: John J. Garnand

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Language: English

Published by: Balboa Press

Published on: 6th August 2012

Format: LCP-protected ePub

Size: 652 Kb

ISBN: 9781452553450


If cancer has touched your family, you need this book

The Cancer Caregiver Roles that have to be assumed are:

1) Medical Supportincluding scheduling, medication support, monitoring side effects, managing pain, maintaining medical records, and advance medical directives.

2) Insurance and Financial Management selecting the right insurance plans, or finding resources if you have no insurance, and navigating the medical quicksand of costs so as not to drown in medical bankruptcy or lose your home.

3) Household Management including nutrition management, safety, controls for infection, modesty, and physical/emotional/spiritual support.

The final chapter of the book is on Laughter because splashes of laughter are a powerful antidote to pain, stress, and conflict. Laughter strengthens the body's immune system. Laughter pushes back the cancer for a while. The Epilogue deals with end of life.

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