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Katz provides spouses and partners of men with prostate cancer with a comprehensive but reader friendly overview of what they need to know to support the man they love as he goes through the cancer journey. From diagnosis to death, the book deals sensitively with multiple topics to help spouses/partners in their roles as mates and caregivers.
List of contents
1: Introduction
2: What Do We Do? - Confronting the Challenges of Diagnosis
3: Is He the Right One? - Choosing a Doctor and Treatment
4: Waiting It Out - Active Surveillance
5: Get It Out! - Opting for Surgery
6: What about the Non-Invasive Route? - Radiation Therapy
7: Shall We Try This? - New and experimental treatments
8: What Does this Mean? - Cancer Recurrence
9: How Will He Feel? - Androgen Deprivation Therapy
10: Will This Improve My Chances? - Enrolling in Clinical Trials
11: Let's Talk About It! - Communication
12: One of the Guys - Joining a Support Group
13: It all went wrong - end of life care
14: Don't Worry About Me! - Self-care
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About the author
ANNE KATZ is the sexuality counselor at CancerCare Manitoba and an adjunct professor at the University of Manitoba. She is an active member of The American Association of Sex Educators, Counselors and Therapists (AASECT) and the Association of Women's Health, Obstetric & Neonatal Nurses (AWHONN). Dr Katz is the editor of Nursing for Women's Health and writes a column called Sexually Speaking in the American Journal of Nursing. She is the author of the award-winning textbook Breaking the Silence on Cancer and Sexuality as well as Woman Cancer Sex. Katz has given lectures across North America on the topic of sexuality and illness.
Summary
Katz provides spouses and partners of men with prostate cancer with a comprehensive but reader friendly overview of what they need to know to support the man they love as he goes through the cancer journey. From diagnosis to death, the book deals sensitively with multiple topics to help spouses/partners in their roles as mates and caregivers.
