Cancer nursing : care in context / edited by Jessica Corner and Christopher Bailey.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Corner, Jessica.

Bailey, Christopher.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Cancer--Nursing.

Cancer.

Cancer--Treatment.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (736 p.)

Edition:

2nd ed.

Place of Publication:

Oxford ; Malden, MA : Blackwell Pub., c2008.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The needs of cancer patients and their families are complex. Yet still more complex are the powerful social and cultural forces that shape the delivery of cancer care, and the way in which it experienced. Cancer Nursing: Care in Context addresses this by adopting a unique approach that situates cancer care in the context of society's attitudes to the disease, and the broader every-day needs of both patients and their carers. By combining evidenced-based information, a critical view of care and treatment, and 'first-hand accounts' of having cancer and caring for people with cancer, the book

Contents:

Contents; Contributors; Foreword; Preface; Part 1: Cancer, Care, and Society; CHAPTER ONE: What is cancer?; CHAPTER TWO: Knowledge and caring: a philosophical and personal perspective; CHAPTER THREE: Cancer, care, and society; CHAPTER FOUR: Cancer epidemiology; CHAPTER FIVE: Developments in the management of cancer; Part 2: The Experience of Cancer; Introduction; CHAPTER SIX: The impact of cancer; CHAPTER SEVEN: The impact of cancer on the family; CHAPTER EIGHT: The impact of cancer on health care professionals; CHAPTER NINE: Therapeutic strategies in cancer care

Part 3: The Experience of Treatment Introduction; CHAPTER TEN: The experience of treatment; CHAPTER ELEVEN: Surgery; CHAPTER TWELVE: Chemotherapy; CHAPTER THIRTEEN: Radiotherapy; CHAPTER FOURTEEN: Endocrine therapies; CHAPTER FIFTEEN: Complementary and alternative therapies in cancer care; CHAPTER SIXTEEN: Hereditary cancer; Part 4: The Management of Cancer-related Problems; Introduction; CHAPTER SEVENTEEN: Pain; CHAPTER EIGHTEEN: Nausea and vomiting; CHAPTER NINETEEN: Fatigue; CHAPTER TWENTY: Breathlessness; CHAPTER TWENTY-ONE: Wound management; CHAPTER TWENTY-TWO: Lymphoedema

CHAPTER TWENTY-THREE: Malignant ascites CHAPTER TWENTY-FOUR: Bone marrow suppression: neutropenia and thrombocytopenia; CHAPTER TWENTY-FIVE: Change in eating habits; CHAPTER TWENTY-SIX: Sexuality and cancer; CHAPTER TWENTY-SEVEN: Anxiety and depression; CHAPTER TWENTY-EIGHT: Delirium; CHAPTER TWENTY-NINE: Acute events in cancer; Part 5: Needs and Priorities in Cancer Care; Introduction; CHAPTER THIRTY: The needs of children and adolescents; CHAPTER THIRTY-ONE: The needs of older people; CHAPTER THIRTY-TWO: Ethnicity, difference, and care

CHAPTER THIRTY-THREE: Living with cancer long term: the implications of survival CHAPTER THIRTY-FOUR: Self-management and self-help; CHAPTER THIRTY-FIVE: User involvement in cancer services; CHAPTER THIRTY-SIX: Palliative care and cancer; CHAPTER THIRTY-SEVEN: Research and cancer care; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9786612116865

9781282116863

128211686X

9781444309256

1444309250

OCLC:

476272502