Brief: Seminar set on communication, cancer

To help cancer patients and their health-care teams learn how effective 
communication can improve a patient's health and well-being, the Champaign
County chapter of the American Cancer Society and the UI College of 
Medicine are sponsoring a daylong seminar Sept. 11. 

"Cancer: Facing the Challenge Together" will be held from 8 a.m. to 2:30 
p.m. at the Chancellor Convention Center, Champaign. 

Keynote speaker Ann Barry Flood, a sociologist from Dartmouth Medical 
School and former UI College of Medicine professor, will focus on how good
communication can improve the making of health-care decisions. She will be
followed by a group of local health-care experts, as well as a cancer 
patient and a family member in a panel discussion of what makes an 
effective health-care team. 

Other sessions will focus on stress management, controlling pain, 
improving self-image and the healing power of touch. 

The fee for the seminar is $12.50 ($10 for students), which includes all 
sessions and a continental breakfast and lunch. 

More information is available by calling 356-9076.