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by Dr. Buckman
BOOKS FOR THE GENERAL PUBLIC
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CANCER IS A WORD, NOT A SENTENCE
2006
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Published by:
Key Porter (Can); Firefly (U.S.); Harper Collins (U.K.)
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A practical and helpful guide for anyone
who has recently been diagnosed with one of the 200 or more
cancers and who is feeling bewildered and frightened. This
book explains why the word cancer is so frightening and
helps you get past the word to understand your own situation
and the treatment options.
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WHAT YOU REALLY NEED TO KNOW ABOUT CANCER
2005
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Published by:
Key Porter (Can)
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This comprehensive and complete guide
explains the commonet types of cancer with detailed discussions
of the disease, the factors that affect the future, treatment
options and more. There are major sections of chemotherapy
and radionterhapy and on living with and coping with cancer
and treatment. It is written in an easily accessible and
intelligible style with many illustrations and is a companion
volume to ‘Cancer is a Word, Not a Sentence’
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HUMAN WILDLIFE: The Life That Lives
On Us
2002
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Published by:
Key Porter (Can); Johns Hopkins (U.S.)
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A profusely illustrated book accompanying
the TV series of the same name, showing the many varieities
of life that live on, in and up human beings.
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CAN WE BE GOOD
WITHOUT GOD?
An exploration of behaving, belonging and the need to believe
2000
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Published by:
Viking Press (Can)
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A serious and in-depth look at why
human beings
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NOT DEAD YET: An Unauthorized Autobiography
1999
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Published by:
Doubleday Bantam (Can)
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Actually a serious book disguised as
a funny one. A survey of the first 50 years of the author's
life (including two major bouts with serious illness). The
funny bits are very funny, the thoughtful bits are very
thought-provoking.
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SKIN: AN OWNERS MANUAL
1999
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Published by:
TV Books (U.S.)
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A slim volume to accompany the PBS
special of the same name an eclectic and somewhat eccentric
trip around the bodys wrapping.
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MAGIC OR MEDICINE? An Investigation
Into Healing
1993
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Published by:
Key, Porter (Can); Prometheus (U.S.)
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An in-depth look at why complementary
medicines are rising so fast in popular appeal and whether
they actually provide effective treatment of diseases or
simply make the people who take them feel much better. Basec
on the award-winning television series of the same name.
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I DONT KNOW WHAT
TO SAY
How To Help & Support Someone Who Is Dying
1988
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Published by:
Key,Porter; Vintage
(Canada, U.S., U.K., Australia, Italy, Sweden & 12 others)
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A practical guide to help families
and friends of someone who is dying.
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THE BUCKMAN TREATMENT
1987
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Published by:
Macmillan (U.K.)
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A companion volume profusely illustrated
and not too serious! to the television series of the same
name in which Dr B. explored medicine all over the U.S.
and Canada
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TEXTBOOK FOR HEALTHCARE PROFESSIONALS
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HOW TO BREAK BAD
NEWS:
A Practical Guide For Healthcare Professionals
1992
Published by:
University of Toronto Press (Can); Johns Hopkins (U.S.)
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HUMOUR
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Year |
Publisher |
Country |
OUT OF PRACTICE |
1978 |
Andre Deutsch |
U.K. |
JOGGING FROM MEMORY |
1980 |
Heinemann |
U.K. |
MEDICINE BALLS |
1985 |
David & Charles |
U.K. |
MEDICINE BALLS II: The Other One |
1988 |
Macmillan |
U.K. |
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