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Talking About Cancer

Reducing Risk, Early Detection and Mythbusting

Gillian Bartlett, Gwen Kaplan, Dulcie Ireland, Gillian Kilgour, Elly Hill, Damian Shannon, Katie Nania, and Emma Fox

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Topics Covered

  • Key facts and health messages about cancer prevention, screening and early diagnosis, and how to explain them.
  • Confidence for having conversations about cancer that help others take positive action.
  • Identification of barriers to making lifestyle changes or seeing a doctor.
  • Communication methods that overcome barriers and avoid building defensiveness and fear.
  • Methods of questioning that help people make decisions for themselves.
  • Identifying how our own feelings can affect conversations.
  • Directing people to the right places for advice and support.
  • Creating an action plan for talking about cancer.

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