The Cancer Conqueror by Greg Anderson

The Cancer Conqueror by Greg Anderson

In the current political climate of the U.S., there are noeasily apparent solutions to the social problems we face.William M. Epstein claims that people in need have been poorly served and misled by the American system of social welfare. This is one of those rare works emanating from a social welfare expert that does not offer easy placebos or simplistic claims based on more money.

The Dilemma of American Social Welfare argues against the idea that there are inexpensive cures for serious societal sicknesses. Epstein takes on an immense literature in psychotherapy, social work, and welfare, all offering simple answers to complex problems. Two of the largest social experiments ever undertaken in the U.S. are evaluated in depth. The Negative Income Tax experiments of the 1960s and early 1970s tested the feasibility of an income guarantee; and the Evaluation of State Work/Welfare Initiatives employed a variety of programs to stimulate welfare recipients to find jobs. Epstein also analyzes social services associated with social work and examines approaches to juvenile delinquency and drug addiction.

Epstein is blunt in his denial that traditional welfare can readily resolve major social and economic questions of the times. His work, addressed to the malaise in thesocial welfare or helping professions, should serve asan early warning signal that easy solutions are hard for recipients to identify and harder still for donors to put forth. Although it was originally published in the early 1990s, the book remains relevant to political and social questions of the day, which makes it of interest to sociologists, political scientists, policymakers, researchers, and others interested in policy and urban studies.

Greg Anderson is the Founder & CEO of Cancer Recovery Foundation International, a global affiliation of national organizations whose mission is to help all people prevent and survive cancer. Anderson was diagnosed with stage IV lung cancer in 1984. His surgeon gave him just 30 days to live. Refusing to accept the hopelessness of this prognosis, Greg went searching for people who had lived even though their doctors had told them they were terminal. His findings from interviews with over 16,000 cancer survivors form the strategies and action points for what has become an international movement. Cancer Recovery Foundation focuses on the non-medical aspects of cancer prevention and survival. Its award-winning integrated cancer care model combines nutrition, exercise, mind/body, social support and spirituality with conventional medical care. The Foundation has established affiliates in the United States, Canada, Germany and the United Kingdom. Anderson lectures widely and is recognized as one of the world's foremost wellness pioneers. His insights have helped redefine the very meaning of health to embrace the whole person-the physical, the emotional and the spiritual. Anderson's fourteen books, CDs and DVDs include: The Cancer Conqueror (Word Publishing, 1988) Cancer: 50 Essential Things to Do (Penguin 1990) The Triumphant Patient (Nelson, 1992) Healing Wisdom (Penguin, 1994) The 22 (Non-Negotiable) Laws of Wellness (Harper Collins, 1996) Living Life on Purpose (Harper Collins, 1997) Incredible Wellness (Turning Point, 1999) Creating Wellness (Turning Point, 2000) Cancer and Nutrition (Turning Point, 2002) Healing and the Mind (Turning Point, 2004) Cancer and the Lord's Prayer (Meredith, 2006) Health is More than Healthcare (PBS, 2008) Hope: The Force that Sets Your Course (Turning Point, 2009) Breast Cancer: 50 Essential Things You Can Do (Conari, 2011) Anderson's published works currently total over 3.4-million copies, they have been translated into 34 different languages and several are established classics of their kind. More information at www.CancerRecovery.org.

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ISBN 13	9780836224153
ISBN 10	0836224159
Title	The Cancer Conqueror
Author	Greg Anderson
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Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Andrews McMeel Publishing
Year published	2000-07-26
Number of pages	153
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