Getting to the Heart of it: The Importance of Emotions in the World of Cancer

Clinical Psychologist Michelle Davey discusses the distress and uncertainty that patients and family members can endure during their cancer journey. In order to provide support for individuals and to alleviate emotional anguish, it is important to understand the background of the distress. She explains that there can be different triggers for the emotional distress, that can occur at different points along the cancer journey.