Reviews for Cancer as a turning point

The average rating for Cancer as a turning point based on 2 reviews is 4.5 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2014-04-29 00:00:00 Mary Jo Domanski Many years have passed since this highly readable book by one of the pioneers of psycho-oncology was published, but its message is not out of date. It challenges the narrow "medical model" in cancer care, advocating a more holistic approach in which patients themselves play an active role. Anticipating the large body of research in this field which has been carried out more recently, it relies on individual case histories to illustrate how "singing your own song" can enhance quality of life and perhaps promote physical healing too.

Review # 2 was written on 2018-10-06 00:00:00 Christopher Hughes The author had a psychotherapeutic practice working with terminal cancer patients. However, 100% of his clients died. "They might look forward to my visits, they might even feel better afterward, but they kept right on dying at the same rate as if I were not involved with them at all. Psychotherapy was making no difference to their survival rate". So, he changed his practice and discovered an approach that stimulated the patients' immune systems. This book explains how he developed his practice and offers ways in which the reader might apply some of these principles. "Over and over again I have seen one of two things happen when the total environment of the person with cancer is mobilised for life and his or her inner ecology is thereby changed in a positive way." His patients' lives were prolonged or there were genuine miracles.