Communicating with cancer patients / John F. Smyth, endorsed by ESMO.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Smyth, John F., author.

Contributor:

EBSCOhost.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Neoplasms--psychology.

Physician-Patient Relations.

Medical Subjects:

Neoplasms--psychology.

Physician-Patient Relations.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xi, 91 pages) : illustrations

Place of Publication:

Boca Raton : CRC Press, Taylor & Francis, [2014]

System Details:

text file

Summary:

I have written this book primarily for doctors training in oncology but hopefully to be of use also for any healthcare professional involved in explaining the complexities of cancer to patients in their care. The individual chapters address different aspects of the challenges we all face in helping anxious patients and their families to understand what is happening to them, what choices there are, and what they may expect at diagnosis, during treatment, and beyond. Where the 'art of medicine' is concerned every doctor must develop their own style of communication. What is offered here is intended to help trainees to develop and home their own skills in this most challenging but rewarding practice of medicine. Book jacket.

Contents:

Diagnosis and staging

Primary treatment

Communication within the context of multidisciplinary care

Explaining follow-up

Progression and terminal

Explaining research

Complementary and alternative medicines and integrative oncology.

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

Includes bibliographical references (page 83) and index.

Electronic reproduction. Ipswich, MA Available via World Wide Web.

ISBN:

1482226790

9781482226799

Publisher Number:

99958309543

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.