David Spiegel
David Spiegel
David Spiegel, M.D., is Associate Chair of Psychiatry at Stanford University, where he is known for his research into breast cancer. He directs the Stanford Center on Stress and Health and is "one of the nation's most respected experts in the clinical uses of hypnosis"...
cancer cope happy stress thinking thoughts
Thinking happy thoughts is not the way to cope with the stress of having cancer.
cancer
If you get breast cancer it is because you're biologically vulnerable.
allowing angry call cancer frightened giving patients positive prison truth
My patients call that the prison of positive thinking. There is no truth at all to the idea that if you get sad, angry or frightened about cancer that you're giving in to it and allowing the cancer to grow.
fact powers talk wants
If no one wants to talk to you about the fact that you're dying, you feel very isolated, ... That's one of the powers of a group.