References for the talking to someone with cancer section

The information in the talking to someone with cancer section is based our booklet, Lost for words: how to talk to someone with cancer, which has been produced in accordance with the following sources and guidelines:

• Buckman, R. Cancer is a word, not a sentence. 2007. Collins Publishers, London.
• Hurny, C. Communication about cancer: patients’ needs and caregivers’ skills. Support Care Cancer. 2000. 8: 437–438.
• Hutton, D. What can I do to help? 2005. Short Books, London.
• National Cancer Institute. Patient-Centered Communication in Cancer Care: Promoting Healing and Reducing Suffering. www.outcomes.cancer.gov/areas/pcc/communication/monograph.html (accessed January 2011).
• National Cancer Institute. Communication in cancer care. www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/pdq/supportivecare/communication/healthprofessional (accessed January 2011).
• National Cancer Institute. When Someone You Love Is Being Treated For Cancer. www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/When-Someone-You-Love-Is-Treated/page6#d5 (accessed January 2011).

For further references see our general bibliography|.