Meeting psychosocial needs of women with breast cancer / National Cancer Policy Board ; Maria Hewitt, Roger Herdman, and Jimmie Holland, editors.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Hewitt, Maria Elizabeth.

Herdman, Roger.

Holland, Jimmie C.

National Cancer Policy Board (U.S.)

Institute of Medicine (U.S.)

National Research Council (U.S.)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Breast--Cancer--Psychological aspects.

Breast.

Breast--Cancer--Social aspects.

Breast--Cancer--Patients--Services for.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (288 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Washington, D.C. : National Academies Press, c2004.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

In Meeting Psychosocial Needs of Women with Breast Cancer , the National Cancer Policy Board of the Institute of Medicine examines the psychosocial consequences of the cancer experience. The book focuses specifically on breast cancer in women because this group has the largest survivor population (over 2 million) and this disease is the most extensively studied cancer from the standpoint of psychosocial effects. The book characterizes the psychosocial consequences of a diagnosis of breast cancer, describes psychosocial services and how they are delivered, and evaluates their effectiveness. It assesses the status of professional education and training and applied clinical and health services research and proposes policies to improve the quality of care and quality of life for women with breast cancer and their families. Because cancer of the breast is likely a good model for cancer at other sites, recommendations for this cancer should be applicable to the psychosocial care provided generally to individuals with cancer. For breast cancer, and indeed probably for any cancer, the report finds that psychosocial services can provide significant benefits in quality of life and success in coping with serious and life-threatening disease for patients and their families.

Contents:

FrontMatter

Reviewers

Contents

Executive Summary

1 Introduction

2 Epidemiology of Breast Cancer

3 Psychosocial Needs of Women with Breast Cancer

4 Psychosocial Services and Providers

5 The Effectiveness of Psychosocial Interventions for Women with Breast Cancer

6 Delivering Psychosocial Services

7 Barriers to Appropriate Use of Psychosocial Services

8 Research

Appendixes

Appendix A Meeting Psychosocial Needs of Women with Breast Cancer

Appendix B Tables and Boxes Summarizing Evidence from Clinical Trials.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

9786610176502

9780309166508

0309166500

9781280176500

1280176504

9780309529532

0309529530

OCLC:

55636077