How to have supportive conversations around cancer

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In the next section of this training, we will deal with how to have supportive conversations around cancer and give you some basic knowledge help you talk to colleagues and potentially customers who are receiving treatment for cancer.

In this section, we will explain:

  • Why being supportive means giving up control:
  • The need for both professional and personal support:
  • Why Normal is good:
  • and
  • How to communicate empathetically with texts and emails.

 

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Before you move on…

How comfortable are you talking to people about personal health matters?

How do you think you would want people to react to you if you were returning to work after cancer?


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