You Can Fight For Your Life - Emotional Factors in the Treatment of Cancer (Paperback, Revised)

Why some people get cancer and others don't, by the author of How to Meditate and the like. Those who do get cancer, according to psychotherapist LeShan, generally had an unhappy childhood; lost a "crucial relationship" with a spouse, parent, child, or job; are unable to express resentment, and no longer have "reason for being." (When LeShan asked his subjects, "'What do you really want out of life?'," their response would be "a blank and astonished stare.") His subjects included 72 terminal cancer patients, and the research was not easy. "No hospital, no research center in the entire metropolitan area of New York would permit me to set foot in their establishment." Through "crisis therapy" LeShan was able to help his patients rediscover "that secret dream for themselves that they had long ago abandoned." His techniques include the "time machine" (reliving a childhood experience) and lots of going to movies and reading - especially Fellini's Juliet of the Spirits and Hesse's Steppenwolf. There are dramatic success stories: John's massive brain tumor miraculously subsided when he threw aside his family and law practice for therapy and his lifelong dream of a career as a professional musician. Sometimes there seem to be more stories than patients. Like those about Linda, whose cancer receded when she found that she could retain the love of other people and still be "her own kind of nut." (Kirkus Reviews)

The reason why clinical science has not solved the riddle of cancer may not lie totally within the realm of the laboratory. It may lie in part in the mind and emotions of the patient. After two decades of research and psychotherapeutic work with cancer patients, Lawrence LeShan offers new evidence and startling insights into why some individuals get cancer while others do not--and why some are able to fight successfully for their lives while others rapidly succumb to the disease. Dr. LeShan has accumulated strong evidence that the mind can make the body receptive to cancer--and that the mind is also capable of fighting back. This is a book of hope. For while cancer kills, it can also be killed. You Can Fight For Your Life is a major humanistic work by an author with a passionate commitment to life.

General

Imprint:	M. Evans and Company
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	February 1980
First published:	February 1980
Authors:	Lawrence LeShan
Dimensions:	229 x 152 x 25mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback - Trade
Pages:	214
Edition:	Revised
ISBN-13:	978-0-87131-494-9
Categories:	Books > Health, Home & Family > Family & health > Coping with personal problems > Coping with illness Promotions
LSN:	0-87131-494-0
Barcode:	9780871314949

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