Focus On Cancer

S2E4 | Keeping the faith: Spiritual support’s role in the cancer journey


Listen Later

With a cancer diagnosis comes many worries and questions—what will treatment be like? How do I tell my friends and family? For many cancer patients, the diagnosis also comes with existential questions about life, the world around them and their place in it. Some find solace, meaning and purpose through the guidance of a spiritual support program—an increasingly important part of the integrative care model for patients of faith. What exactly is spiritual support, and what role does it play in the cancer journey? On this episode of Focus on Cancer, our host, Pat Basu, MD, MBA, President & CEO of Cancer Treatment Centers of America® (CTCA), sits down with Rev. Percy McCray Jr., Director of Faith-Based Programs at CTCA®, to answer these and other questions.

...more
View all episodesView all episodes
Download on the App Store

Focus On CancerBy Cancer Treatment Centers of America (CTCA)