Picking Up the Pieces
Moving Forward After Surviving Cancer
by Sherri Magee, PhD and Kathy Scalzo, MSOD
1-55192-901-5
CDN $24.95 paper
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There are over 11 million cancer survivors in North America, and every year doctors diagnose one million new cases. Most survivors emerge exhausted, struggling with fears, and uncertain of the future. The side effects are not only physical: emotionally disoriented, changing relationships and spiritual questioning, leave many feeling overwhelmed. Survivors speak of feeling fragmented,
of needing to “pick up the pieces” of their lives once the struggle with cancer is over.
Practical, reassuring and informative, Picking Up the Pieces is based on 4 years of research and interviews with hundreds of survivors. Magee and Scalzo guide survivors through a unique process with daily practices that build a
bridge from hospital to home, and beyond.
About Sherri Magee and Kathy Scalzo
Sherri Magee, PhD, (Vancouver) has a doctorate in Interdisciplinary Studies, specializing in the short- and long-term effects of cancer and its treatments.
She designs personal cancer recovery programs and trains health care professionals to work with survivors. She is the co-founder of the Abreast in a Boat Dragon Boat Society and past executive director of the Hope House Cancer Centre.
Kathy Scalzo, MSOD, (Vancouver) is president of a consulting
group specializing in change and transition management. She serves on the board of directors of the BC Rehabilitation Society and is a faculty member of the Canadian Medical Association’s Physician Management Institute.
Magee and Scalzo are regular lecturers at UBC’s School of Rehabilitation Sciences.
Reader Reviews
“Early in my career as an oncologist, I would enthusiastically proclaim ‘your cancer is controlled. You’re back to normal.’ My patients oriented me to the understanding that
you never return to the ‘old normal’ after cancer, and that healing is about creating the 'new normal.' Magee and Scalzo provide essential directions for navigating the course
between the old and the new normal, and for living well after cancer.” —Simon Sutcliffe, clinical oncologist and President, BC Cancer Agency
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