Communication and Cancer

In searching for communication issues we don’t normally talk about in our introductory textbooks, that of talking to cancer patients about their cancer is one of the most important and the most difficult. Here are a few suggestions for making communication with a person diagnosed with cancer—what you might say and what you should NOT say--a bit easier—not easy, just a bit easier.

http://www.today.com/health/what-say-not-say-cancer-patient-2D80213767

https://www.caring.com/articles/never-say-to-someone-with-cancer

http://www.health.com/health/gallery/0,,20851340,00.html

http://lisabadams.com/2013/02/27/the-stupid-things-people-say-to-people-with-cancertheir-families/