Fighting Cancer From Within

April 1, 2003
Rossman, cofounder and president of the Academy for Guided Imagery, a faculty member of the medical school at the University of California, San Francisco, and author of Guided Imagery for Self-Healing, advocates an integrated mind-body approach to treating cancer in this well-written and easy-to-understand guide. He teaches patients relaxation techniques to help them reduce the emotional stress of a cancer diagnosis and the adverse physical effects of chemotherapy, surgery, and other treatments, and to relieve pain. In addition, Rossman clearly defines healing guided imagery and explains how it works. He also offers advice for caregivers and others involved in patient support and discusses the life transformation that often occurs during a life-threatening illness. This reviewer's only reservation in recommending this book is that, in order to follow the guided imagery exploration, one needs audiotapes of the scripts that Rossman provides. For popular cancer and alternative health collections. [Readers can record their own tapes using instructions provided by Rossman or can order tapes directly from Martin using information found at the end of the book.-Ed.]-Jodith Janes, Cleveland Clinic Fdn. Lib.

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