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When a Parent Has Cancer: A Guide to Caring for Your Children [With Companion Book "Becky and the Wo
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William Morrow Paperbacks
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Sep 21, 2004
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9780060740818

When a Parent Has Cancer: A Guide to Caring for Your Children [With Companion Book "Becky and the Wo

by Harpham, Wendy S
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At some point in our lives, many of us will face the crisis of an unexpected illness. For parents, the fear, anxiety and confusion resulting from a cancer diagnosis can be particularly devastating.

When A Parent Has Cancer is a book for families written from the heart of experience. A mother, physician, and cancer survivor, Dr Wendy Harpham offers clear, direct, and sympathetic advice for parents challenged with the task of raising normal, healthy children while they struggle with a potentially life-threatening disease.

Dr Harpham lays the groundwork of her book with specific plans for helping children through the upheaval of a parent's diagnosis and treatment, remission and recovery, and if necessary, confronting the possibility of death. She emphasises the importance of being honest with children about the gravity of the illness, while assuring them that their basic needs will always be met.

Included is Becky and the Worry Cup, an illustrated children's book that tells the story of a seven-year-old girl's experiences with her mother's cancer.

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BrandWilliam Morrow Paperbacks
Pub dateSep 21, 2004
ISBN-100060740817
ISBN-139780060740818
Paperback240.0 pages
LanguageEnglish
Dimensions9 × 0.6 × 6 in
Weight1 lb
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