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Summary: It's not about cancer, it's about living.
Review: Dr. Geffen has a remarkable, profound ability to take you on a journey to your own healing, whether you have cancer or not. In a personal memoir in the book's introduction, he describes his father's illness from cancer and the life-changing effect it had on his life. We can be grateful for a physician like this: one who embraces all aspects of cancer and healing, and who reveals the physical, the mental, and the spiritual paths we must follow to our own wholeness. His "seven levels" are indeed gateways for all of us. I recommend this book highly. It is written by a physician who is humble, caring, and noble in his work.
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Summary: Dr. Geffens good book
Review: Dr. Geffen writes in the clearest terms about the complexities of cancer. He celebrates the self and family transformation that awaits a person with cancer and his/her family. He does so by writing about his patients in a loving, accepting, and non-judgemental way. His book is about the journey though cancer, but it's really about the journey through life. Geffen understands this journey from eastearn and western perspectives. He generously makes his holistic approach accessible to the reader, explaining but never preaching. His book invites readers of any age or background. His book opens up conversation between the cancer patient and the family. Geffen is living and breathing his dream. The man is on a mission. Just go visit his center and you'll see what I mean. The Geffen Foundation (a part of the main lobby) is stocked with books about health, growth, spirituality, music, and other services that tend to the soul. Geffen is opening doors that may not be known to his patients and families. He makes these avenues available without rejecting or judging the medical establishment, but embracing it, challenging it, prodding it. His blended approach to healing and living presents a sound strategy, so obvious, yet so enlightened. Read Geffen and pass your copy along to the next person or your doctor. It's time a message like his really sticks.
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Summary: Comprehensive, compelling reading
Review: Dr. Geffen's book, A Journey through Cancer, was a revelation to me, because it showed me how MY participation in the healing process was vital to the outcome of the cancerous condition that had arisen in my body. Good as the doctors and nurses were, I soon discovered that they were most willing to treat my symptoms, that is the outer reality, but there was no inclination whatsoever to address the inner reality,that is the spiritual and emotional aspects of the patient. In most oncology centers, as far as I can see, the holistic approach is practically unknown, to all intents and purposes. Dr. Geffen explains the basics of the disease and the treatments in very clear terms, so that we are aware of the various processes. These explanations were very helpful to me when asking questions of the doctors and nurses. I learned from Dr.Geffen that true healing can only come from within ourselves, once we have been able to overcome our fears and denials, once we have reversed our tendencies to repress and withhold, and to view, or feel, that treatments are ordeals to be borne, instead of envisaging our whole being as coming into action in tandem with the treatments. In "The Hound of Heaven", the poet Francis Thomson says: "Fear wist not to evade as Love wist to pursue" - in order to heal, our goal should be to replace fear with love, and Dr.Geffen illustrates this in a singularly illuminating way. One of Dr.Geffen's most compelling concepts is that of transformation: we are not at war, we are not trying to kill or destroy anything, our wish is to bring harmony throughout our bodies. There is intelligence in all our cells, and our wish is to make all of them aware of their inherent power for wellbeing and joy. A Journey through Cancer is a masterpiece of a rare order: it is imbued with knowledge, kindness, understanding, and above all it shows that the path of healing, and eventually of being, is through consciousness.
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Summary: Help Is Here!
Review: Dr. Geffen's powerful book was like magic sprinkled onto our family as we began to face my father's diagnosis of a rare and fatal form of cancer. The author's unique approach to the whole person, physically, emotionally, psychologically and spiritually helped us to make decisions about treatment, conventional and complementary as well as to better understand the complex range of emotions we were all feeling. "The Journey Through Cancer" is beautifully written and easily read with anecdotal and personal stories. I devoured it in two days! It outlines seven steps that will give you the courage to embrace the present and prepare for the future. Cancer does not just happen to the patient, it happens to everyone who loves the patient. I heartly recommend this book to anyone facing cancer and to all those who face it with them. It would make a great gift for cancer patients, their families, care givers, ministers and physicians. Dr. Geffen is dynamic--I expect to see him on the talk show circuit soon.
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Summary: A Beautiful & Compassionate Book
Review: Dr. Jeremy Geffen of the Geffen Cancer Center in Florida has written an informative, insightful and deeply compassionate book, which should be read by anyone with cancer. Geffen leads the reader through his seven levels of healing, ranging from the learning & education, through physical treatment and finally to a healing of the spirit. The book is written from the perspective of one of the nation's top oncologists, who writes directly from the heart as well as the mind. Altogether an extremely valuable book!
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Summary: Thank you for this amazing gift!
Review: Finally, a book on cancer written by an obviously skilled, knowledgeable, and practicing medical oncologist, from the perspective of the BIG picture! It is truly a breakthrough to find such an inspired and revolutionary book on this important subject. Dr. Geffen has managed to embrace virtually all aspects of this immensely challenging journey from a perspective of both medical skill and heartfelt wisdom. Furthermore, his insights and guidance are absolutely reliable and responsible. Dr. Geffen does not offer any overnight "miracle cures," the promise of which is not only irresponsible but potentially harmful. Rather, he masterfully illustrates the spectrum of opportunities that we all have to participate in our own healing. The all-encompasing and embracing overview of the value of virtually every leading-edge approach to healing and transformation, presented in such a clear, readable, and easy-to-understand style, makes this book uniquely compelling and powerful. This disease will touch virtually all of us in one way or another and this book has not arrived one second too soon! Thank you, Dr. Geffen, for this amazing gift!
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Summary: Review of The Journey Through Cancer
Review: I found the book to be extremely insightful and instumental in understanding what my Mother was facing and what I could expect. I have met Dr. Geffen in person and would encourage anyone evaluating their options as they relate to cancer to take the time to meet with Dr. Geffen. You will be amazed at his compassion and his staff.
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Summary: In Appreciation to Dr. Geffen
Review: I have been a person with cancer since June 1998. I am one who wants answers to questions about my health all the time. Mild depression sets in when I don't get it. "The Journey through Cancer" is definitely a journey through life as Dr. Geffen states. Take one day at a time. Don't fill yourself with questions and grab for answers. His "gameplan" enables a person with cancer to deal with cancer with less anxiety and makes us more in touch with reality. How I wish there were more Dr. Geffens in this world full of cancer whose compassionate nature and an open-minded understanding about various treatments will make it easier for a patient to relate with their physician. I highly recomend this book to any person with cancer and their families. For truly understanding what we go through physically, emotionally and spritually will make the steps through healing an easier and less stressful one. It will definitely bring about a more loving and compassionate relationship between the patient and the members of the family. Knowing about cancer isn't enough. How we accept and deal with it contribute far more to healing than all medical practices combined. My most wonderful gift? Dr. Geffen and I communicate regularly by e-mail. I was so happy to receive a reply to my congratulatory message and through his mail, I can definitely experience his compassionate spirit. Thank you Dr. Geffen.
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Summary: A doctor who treats the whole patient and family
Review: I read this book after meeting Dr. Geffen.He is treating my mother. The book illustrates how thoroughly he gets to know the patient and family, being sure to treat all of them in some way. He is a catalyst for many deep family talks, which never might have happened without his gentle facilitating. I would and have recommended this book to cancer patients and my own family. He is a master of oncology and humanity.
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Summary: Comprehensive, compelling reading
Review: My father is recovering from his second brain surgery in two months, and will soon begin adjuvant radiation and/or chemotherapy. I've been looking for information for him on what he can do to help the healing process from the inside. I recently checked this book out from my local library along with five others. I returned the other four, and haven't put this one down. Brimming with inspiring stories of actual patients, facts on cancer types and treatments, overviews of alternative therapies, and many references to other books, tapes and organizations which may help you on the "journey through cancer." I know our family will be referring to this book often, throughout the journey, wherever it leads.
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