To get to know this book better and it's backround, the introduction is always the first place to start.
The introduction states one major fear that all cancer patients fear is pain, more so a painful death.
To begin, the audience is obviously the cancer patients, who all have their major concern about their illnesses. A survey conducted by the Institute of Medicine in 1997 revealed that 72% of cancer patients primary fears was pain.
Author Roger S. Cicala, the speaker, explains briefly the cures and treatments that can guide these patients through their fears and then into a more emotionally controlled mindset.
The occasion is anytime a cancer patient picks up this book and decides to deal with their illness in a constructive manner.
To sum up the introduction's subject is how patients should initially deal with pain, and what measures they should take to get it treated or solved. The author is kind enough to refer to many other resources if the reader isn't satisfied with his book alone, which is found in the appendixes. This shows the compassionate side of the author, and how he takes into account how his readers feel.
Above all, the author relates to his readers through his book much like a doctor giving a patient their diagnosis. Thankfully he takes these illnesses seriously.
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