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Complementary Therapies
Penny Brohn Cancer Centre launches
new Self-Help Starter Pack
The Penny Brohn Cancer
Centre (formally the Bristol Cancer Help Centre) has recently launched a
new Self-Help Starter Pack for those who have had a cancer diagnosis.
The pack contains a new DVD-the Bristol Approach to Living with
Cancer, to give a better understanding of the work of Bristol Cancer
Help Centre, the various therapies and courses offered and an
introduction to the Bristol Approach. The DVD also features
personal stories from people who have been to Bristol Cancer Help
Centre-giving a first hand account of the Bristol Approach. For
those without a DVD player there is a VHS version. The pack also
contains a new audio CD – an Introduction to Self-Help Techniques:
Relaxation, Meditation and Imagery. The pack costs £12.50 plus £2.50 p&p
You can order online
at www.shopatpennybrohn.com or call
01275
370 112 or email shop@pennybrohn.org
My
wife and I both attended Bristol in 2003 following our joint diagnosis
and treatment for breast cancer and CLL respectively. I can honestly say
that it was a life changing experience and one that I would recommend to
anyone living with cancer.
Howard Pearce
The
role of complementary therapies within orthodox medicine.
Suzie
Ruggles is Complementary Team Leader in the Haematology and Bone Marrow
Transplant Unit at St George’s Hospital in London. Suzie is very well
placed to give us an up to date insight into the latest thinking on the
use of complementary techniques within the NHS to help those with cancer
and CLL.
Introduction
People
living with the diagnosis of cancer or haematological conditions such as
CLL frequently suffer symptoms as a direct result of the disease or as a
side effect of chemotherapy treatment. Because of their diagnosis they
may also suffer significant psychological, social and spiritual trauma
as they come to terms with their illness and its impact on their lives.
Conventional medicine cannot be expected to meet the full range of these
complex needs, but there is a growing evidence that the addition of
complementary approaches to orthodox medicine may help relieve some of
the symptom burden and may also assist patients in developing their
ability to cope with the illness (Tavares 2003).
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