We recommend the following books and journals to help you gain perspective or dive deeper into various aspects of living with illness.
- Choices in Healing: Integrating the Best of Conventional and Complementary Approaches to Cancer, by Michael Lerner, PhD
- Healing Outside the Margins: The Survivors Guide to Integrative Cancer Care, by Carole O’Toole, with Carolyn B. Hendricks, MD
Anticancer: A New Way of Life,
by David Servan-Schreiber, MD, PhD- Kitchen Table Wisdom: Stories that Heal,
by Rachel Naomi Remen, MD - The Definitive Guide to Cancer, Third Edition: An Integrative Approach to Prevention, Treatment, and Healing, (Alternative Medicine Guides) by Lise N. Alschuler, ND, and Karolyn A. Gazella
- Cancer as a Turning Point: A Handbook for People with Cancer, Their Families, and Health Professionals,
by Lawrence LeShan, Ph.D - Life Over Cancer, by Keith Block, MD
- The Anatomy of Hope, by Jerome Groopman, MD
- American Cancer Society Complete Guide to Complementary & Alternative Therapies: The Essential Guide for You and Your Doctor
- Alternative Medicine Handbook: The Complete Reference Guide to Alternative and Complementary Therapies, by Barri R. Cassileth, PhD
- Alternative Medicine: What Works: A Comprehensive, Easy-to-read Review of the Scientific Evidence, Pro and Con, by Adriane Fugh-Berman, MD
- Alternative Medicine: The Definitive Guide, by John W. Anderson, Larry Trivieri, and Burton Goldberg
- The Best Alternative Medicine, by Dr. Ken Pelletier, MD
- Greater Washington D.C. Area’s Cancer Community Healing Network, by Carole O’Toole
- Comprehensive Cancer Care: Integrating Alternative, Complementary and Conventional Therapies, by Dr. James S. Gordon, MD, and Sharon Curtin
- Manifesto for a New Medicine: Your Guide to Healing Partnerships And the Wise Use of Alternative Therapies, by James S. Gordon, MD
- Essentials of Complementary and Alternative Medicine, by Jeffrey S. Levin, PhD, MPH, and Wayne B. Jonas, MD
- Healing Words: The Power of Prayer and the Practice of Medicine, by Larry Dossey, MD
- Staying Well With Guided Imagery: How to Harness the Power of Your Imagination for Health and Healing, by Belleruth Naparstek
- Writing as a Way of Healing: How Telling Our Stories Transforms Our Lives, by Louise DeSalv
End of Life Wisdom
- Talking About Death, by Virginia Morris
- I Will Not Die an Unlived Life, by Dawna Markova
- No Death/No Fear, by Thich Nhat Hanh
- On Death & Dying, by Elisabeth Kubler-Ross, MD
- Final Gifts: Understanding the Special Awareness, Needs, and Communications of the Dying, by Maggie Callanan and Patricia Kelley
- Hard Choices for Loving People: CPR, Artificial Feeding, Comfort Care, and the Patient with a Life-Threatening Illness, 5th edition, by Hank Dunn (English and Spanish)
- Healing into Life & Death, by Steven Levine
- Being with Dying: Cultivating Compassion and Fearlessness in the Presence of Death, by Joan Halifax
- Close to the Bone: Life-Threatening Illness as a Soul Journey, by Jean Shinoda Bolen, MD
Other Publications
- Alternative and Complementary Therapies
- Alternative Therapies in Health and Medicine
- CURE – Focuses on educational forums and resource guides for every stage of the cancer experience
- Integrative Cancer Therapies
- Journal of the Society of Integrative Oncology
- Spirituality and Health
Pamphlets/Guides
Pain Control: Support for People With Cancer (National Cancer Institute)
Cure Cancer Resource Guide – A guide produced by Cure magazine for patients, survivors, and caregivers with important things you need to know about cancer, from the initial diagnosis to recovery.
