Manual of cancer treatment recovery
Subtitle: what the practitioner needs to know and do
By: Stewart B. Fleishman
Publisher: Demos Medical Pub.
Published: 2012
Place of publication: New York, NY
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9781936287314; 9781617050619
Subjects: Survivors; Neoplasms; Therapy; Psychology; Rehabilitation
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Emerging needs of survivorship : the Institute of Medicine report, from cancer patient to cancer survivor : lost in transition; title: Early intervention to improve treatment outcomes; title: Apply survivorship tools early in care; title: Comorbidities and cancer survivorship; title: Easing communication in multi-provider management; title: Effectively managing the transitional points in care; title: Tools for survivorship : the LEARN system : living, education, activity, rest, nutrition; title: Finding meaning and purpose to sustain oneself during treatment ("living"); title: Knowing about cancer and its treatment eases uncertainty ("education"); title: Maintaining activity during treatment improves outcomes ("activity" and exercise); title: Resting and sleeping effectively furthers recovery ("rest" and sleep); title: Maintaining optimal nutrition eases time in treatment and recovery ("nutrition"); title: Giving forward.