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Nursing care of children and adolescents with cancer / Association of Pediatric Oncology Nurses ; [edited by] Christina Rasco Baggott ... [and others].
Holman Biotech Commons RC281.C4 N87 2002
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- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Cancer in children--Nursing.
- Cancer in children.
- Tumors in adolescence--Nursing.
- Tumors in adolescence.
- Neoplasms.
- Adolescent.
- Neoplasms--nursing.
- Child.
- Infant.
- Nursing.
- Medical Subjects:
- Neoplasms.
- Adolescent.
- Neoplasms--nursing.
- Child.
- Infant.
- Physical Description:
- xvi, 717 pages : illustrations ; 27 cm
- Edition:
- Third edition.
- Other Title:
- Previous ed. published under title: Nursing care of the child with cancer
- Place of Publication:
- Philadelphia : W. B. Saunders, 2002.
- Summary:
- APON's definitive work on the supportive care of children and adolescents with cancer provides an up-to-date, chapter-by-chapter assessment of common and rare diseases and their treatments. Important information on adolescents is now interspersed throughout the new edition, highlighting crucial differences in the care provided to this special population. New case studies with portraits of the patient have been included in each disease chapter to keep the focus on personalized care of the child. This new edition also includes Internet resources, a research mega-table listing three decades-worth of nursing studies in pediatric onology, completely updated pharmacology tables, and new chapters on Surgery, Oncological Emergencies, Complementary and Alternative Therapies, Home Care, Palliative Care, Research, and Ethical Issues
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 0721687180
- OCLC:
- 47522469
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