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Wendy S Harpham
Physician-survivor writes books that help people get good care and live as fully a

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PUBLISHED: Apr.08.2009

Only 10 Seconds to Care

Wendy Harpham is a doctor of internal medicine and a 19-yr survivor of chronic cancer. Here she offers entertaining and easy-to-read short stories that illustrate words and actions that take clinicians only seconds yet can make a world of difference for patients.

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PUBLISHED: Sep.11.2006

Happiness in a Storm: Facing Illness and Embracing Life as a Healthy Survivor

From Publishers WeeklyIn 1990, Harpham, a physician with three young children, was diagnosed with chronic lymphoma. She has lived through reoccurrences, undergone a variety of therapies and is now in her sixth year of remission. In her latest book, she shares here the guidelines she has developed for becoming a healthy survivor: a patient who gets good care and lives as fully as...

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PUBLISHED: Sep.21.2004

When a Parent Has Cancer: A Guide to Caring for Your Children

At some point in our lives, many of us will face the crisis of an unexpected illness. For parents, the fear, anxiety and confusion resulting from a cancer diagnosis can be particularly devastating. When A Parent Has Cancer is a book for families written from the heart of experience. A mother, physician, and cancer survivor, Dr Wendy Harpham offers clear, direct, and...

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PUBLISHED: May.15.2003

Diagnosis: Cancer - Your Guide Through the First Few Months

Written by a doctor who has herself had cancer, this aims to help cancer patients and their families through the first few months after diagnosis. It considers what the new patient needs to know to deal with the medical, social and emotional issues that arise from a diagnosis of cancer, and addresses the issues from the perspectives of both doctor and patient. It deals with...

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PUBLISHED: Sep.01.2001

The Hope Tree: Kids Talk about Breast Cancer

The Hope Tree helps families talk about the difficulties children face when one of their parents has cancer or other illness. Dr. Wendy Harpham teamed up with renowned author Laura Numeroff to write this marvelous children's book. With illustrations by acclaimed David McPhail, The Hope Tree tells the stories of a...

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PUBLISHED: Jan.15.1994

After Cancer: A Guide to Your New Life

As anyone who has been diagnosed with cancer knows, surviving cancer is more than just killing cancer cells and getting through treatment. Patients must deal with the emotional, social, spiritual, and financial fallout of a cancer diagnosis. By helping survivors understand that they can't go back to where they were before cancer, Dr. Wendy Harpham liberates them to move...

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Jan.04.2012 - 8:51 pm

The New Me

Like candy corn in October, New Year's resolutions are popping up everywhere. And most are likely to fade unfulfilled by February. Maybe you want to...

Sep.23.2009 - 7:13 pm

Reflections on a Haven

The day I completed my ninth round of cancer treatment in November 2007, I realized in a whole new way how the pain of treatments is linked to hope...

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Jan.05.2012 - 12:44 pm

In response to: The New Me

Simplify

Dear Dolores, Best wishes with your simplification mission. I've begun a similar decluttering of my home. Glad you...

About Wendy

Wendy Harpham is a doctor of internal medicine, best-selling author, long-term cancer survivor and mother of three. From 1983-1990, she cared for patients in her solo internal medicine practice, where she combined the best of modern technology with old-...

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Causes Wendy Harpham Supports

All Cancer Causes, especially Lymphoma Research Foundation, Leukemia & Lymphoma Society, American Cancer Society, National Coalition for Cancer...

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Wendy S Harpham
Physician-survivor writes books that help people get good care and live as fully a