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Restoring Emotional Well-Being

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Handbook of Cancer Survivorship

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Surviving cancer does not just mean recovering one’s physical health and adding theoretical years back to one’s life expectancy. It also entails coping with the many extra-physical (e.g., emotional, social, occupational, financial) issues that typically accompany—and may extend well beyond—the acute experience of cancer diagnosis and treatment.

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Lent, R.W. (2007). Restoring Emotional Well-Being. In: Feuerstein, M. (eds) Handbook of Cancer Survivorship. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-34562-8_13

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