Caring For A Young Person With Cancer Professional Guidance For Parents And Partners | Mental Health

This book is an accessible sensitive and evidence-based resource for partners parents and other family members navigating the heartache and challenges of caring for a young adult with cancer. When a young person you love is diagnosed with cancer the impacts on partners and parents is life-altering. In this book Anne Katz offers her unique perspective as a counselor to help family members as their child or partner goes through diagnosis treatment and the years of survivorship. Interweaving clinical practice with evidence-based tips and interventions each chapter presents the story of a young person with cancer and how the illness impacts those that love them with Dr. Katz providing gentle targeted advice throughout. The chapters include individuals from diverse backgrounds such as people across different ages gender identities ethnicities and sexual orientations as well as reflective questions with topics covering treatment decision-making how to care during treatment letting go and a resource section pointing readers to where they can seek help. Written by a leading voice in the field of cancer the stories and advice provided in this book will help all families and partners apply the lessons learnt to their lived experiences. It will be also of interest to health care providers working with these families such as clinical social workers and nurses. |Caring for a Young Person with Cancer Professional Guidance for Parents and Partners | Mental Health