Title Psychosocial nursing care along the cancer continuum / edited by Rose Mary Carroll-Johnson, Linda M. Gorman, Nancy Jo Bush

Edition Second edition Published Pittsburgh, Pa. : Oncology Nursing Society, [2006] ©2006

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MELB	616.9940231 Car/Pnc 2006		AVAILABLE
W'BOOL	616.9940231 Car/Pnc 2006		AVAILABLE

Description Electronic data xviii, 670 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm Series STAT!Ref electronic medical library Contents The Psychosocial impact of cancer on the individual, family, and society - Survivorship -- Life's meaning and cancer -- Coping and adaptation -- Gender and age differences in the psychological response to cancer -- Cultural influences on the psychosocial experience -- Spirituality and spiritual nurture in cancer care -- The Influence of hope on the psychosocial experience -- The Psychosocial impact of the pain experience -- Suffering -- Cancer-related fatigue -- Cognitive impairment in cancer -- Anxiety and the cancer experience -- Anger and cancer -- Depression and suicide -- Denial -- Body image disturbance -- Transforming the grief experience -- Guilt -- Altered sexuality -- Delirium and dementia -- Powerlessness -- Interpersonal and therapeutic skills inherent in oncology nursing -- Crisis intervention -- Programmatic approaches to psychosocial support -- Technolologic advances: psychosocial implications for patient care -- The Close of life -- Psychoneuroimmunology: the mind-body connection -- Psychosocial aspects of experimental therapy: clinical trials -- Genetic susceptibility testing: issues and psychosocial implications -- Psychosocial aspects of hematopoietic stem cell transplantation -- Complementary and alternative medicine: moving toward integrative cancer care -- Ethical issues along the cancer continuum -- Substance abuse -- Stress management for oncology nurses: finding a healing balance -- Caring for the family caregiver Notes Electronic Book Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Subject Cancer -- Nursing. Cancer -- Psychological aspects. Cancer -- Social aspects. Psychiatric nursing. Neoplasms -- nursing. Oncology Nursing. Caregivers -- psychology. Mental Disorders -- nursing. Neoplasms -- psychology. Nurse-Patient Relations. Author Bush, Nancy Jo. Carroll-Johnson, Rose Mary. Gorman, Linda M. STAT!Ref (Online service) Teton Data Systems (Firm) LC no. 2005936605 ISBN 1890504572

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