Psychosocial nursing care along the cancer continuum
By: edited by Rose Mary Carroll-Johnson, Linda M. Gorman, Nancy Jo Bush.
Contributors: Carroll-Johnson, Rose Mary.; Gorman, Linda M.; Bush, Nancy Jo.
Edition: 2nd ed.
Publisher: Oncology Nursing Society
Published: 2006
Place of publication: Pittsburgh, Pa
Language: eng
Number of pages: 670
ISBN-13: 9781890504571
Subjects: Cancer -- Nursing; Cancer -- Psychological aspects; Cancer -- Social aspects; Psychiatric nursing; Neoplasms -- nursing; Oncologic Nursing; Caregivers -- psychology; Mental Disorders -- nursing; Neoplasms -- psychology; Nurse-Patient Relations
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: The Psychosocial impact of cancer on the individual, family, and society - Survivorship; title: Life's meaning and cancer; title: Coping and adaptation; title: Gender and age differences in the psychological response to cancer; title: Cultural influences on the psychosocial experience; title: Spirituality and spiritual nurture in cancer care; title: The Influence of hope on the psychosocial experience; title: The Psychosocial impact of the pain experience; title: Suffering; title: Cancer-related fatigue; title: Cognitive impairment in cancer; title: Anxiety and the cancer experience; title: Anger and cancer; title: Depression and suicide; title: Denial; title: Body image disturbance; title: Transforming the grief experience; title: Guilt; title: Altered sexuality; title: Delirium and dementia; title: Powerlessness; title: Interpersonal and therapeutic skills inherent in oncology nursing; title: Crisis intervention; title: Programmatic approaches to psychosocial support; title: Technolologic advances: psychosocial implications for patient care; title: The Close of life; title: Psychoneuroimmunology: the mind-body connection; title: Psychosocial aspects of experimental therapy: clinical trials; title: Genetic susceptibility testing: issues and psychosocial implications; title: Psychosocial aspects of hematopoietic stem cell transplantation; title: Complementary and alternative medicine: moving toward integrative cancer care; title: Ethical issues along the cancer continuum; title: Substance abuse; title: Stress management for oncology nurses: finding a healing balance; title: Caring for the family caregiver.