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"Spiegel is a pioneer on the new frontier of healing." Bill Moyers
A scientifically proven program to help all people with chronic illnesses enhance the quality of their lives. Sensitive and inspiring, this book provides the solace and information that people with serious illnesses need to sustain the quality -- and in some cases the length -- of their lives.
Amazon.com Review
David Spiegel, a professor of psychiatry at Stanford whose work has revolved around mobilizing victims of life-threatening illnesses, offers detailed instruction for taking charge of affliction and living beyond limits. In a landmark study, Spiegel found that women with breast cancer who received standard medical care and met with a weekly support group experienced less depression, anxiety and pain, and lived twice as long as women who received no social support. Here he expands his findings to include all terminal illnesses from first diagnoses, through treatment, to the threat of impending death, and explains how facing fear head-on makes victims freer in the time they have left.
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