Standing Up For Your Rights
Self-advocacy, or actively doing something in your own best interest, is important for getting quality cancer care. Standing up for your rights helps you:
- Feel more in control of your life
- Build confidence to face challenges that seem too difficult to overcome
- Reach out to others, such as asking to talk to someone who is in a similar situation
- Feel hopeful rather than hopeless and helpless
Brush up on your skills by listening to the Cancer Survival Toolbox module on Standing Up For Your Rights.
Do you have examples of these techniques being useful to you?
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