عنوان

Supportive and palliative care in cancer :

(Number (ISBN

1138030406

(Number (ISBN

9781138030404

Number

b385304

Title Proper

Supportive and palliative care in cancer :

General Material Designation

[Book]

Other Title Information

an introduction

First Statement of Responsibility

by Claud F B Regnard and Margaret Kindlen.

Edition Statement

First edition

Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.

Boca Raton, FL

Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.

Taylor and Francis, an imprint of CRC Press,

Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.

[2016]. ©2004.

Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item

(160 pages)

Text of Note

Part Section 1: Cancer -- chapter What is cancer? -- chapter What causes cancer? -- chapter Types of cancer -- chapter Detecting cancer -- chapter Cancer diagnosis and monitoring -- part Section 2: Cancer treatments -- chapter How is cancer treatment chosen? -- chapter Surgery -- chapter Radiotherapy: overview -- chapter Radiotherapy: side effects -- chapter Chemotherapy: overview -- chapter Chemotherapy: side effects -- chapter Hormone therapy -- part Section 3: Supportive and palliative care -- chapter What is palliative care? -- chapter Principles of palliative care -- chapter Palliative care: who and when? -- part Section 4: Cancer pain -- chapter What is pain? -- chapter What sorts of pain are there? -- chapter When a patient is in pain, what should I do? -- chapter Drugs used to treat pain -- chapter Isn't morphine dangerous? -- chapter What do I do if the pain is getting worse? -- part Section 5: Symptoms -- chapter How can I help a patient who is constipated? -- chapter How can I help a patient who is nauseated or vomiting? -- chapter How can I help a breathless patient? -- chapter How can I help a patient with fatigue and weakness? -- chapter What can I do when a patient does not want to eat or drink? -- chapter Maintaining an environment for eating -- chapter How can I help a patient with mouth problems? -- part Section 6: Communication -- chapter Why is communication so important? -- chapter What can I do to relieve a person{u2019}s anxiety? -- chapter How do I answer a difficult question? -- chapter What about breaking bad or difficult news? -- chapter How can I help an angry person? -- chapter How can I help a withdrawn patient? -- chapter How can I help a confused patient? -- chapter Do children understand what is going on? -- chapter How does illness affect how we see ourselves? -- chapter Identifying distress when communication is poor -- part Section 7: Dying and bereavement -- chapter What is loss and grief? -- chapter How can I support the patient, partner and relative? -- chapter How do I help with a dying patient's distress? -- chapter What do I do when a patient dies? -- chapter Death of a patient's friend or relative -- chapter Supporting staff after a patient has died -- chapter Complicated grief -- part Section 8: Spirituality and equality -- chapter Fostering hope -- chapter What is spirituality? -- chapter How can I help someone with a different faith to mine? -- chapter How can I avoid discrimination?.

Text of Note

This book provides a clear approach to establishing a user involvement system in a healthcare organisation and its potential impact on cancer services. Using a tool kit style approach drawing on examples of successful past projects and case studies to provide evidence of good practice it describes how to plan and implement different stages of user involvement enabling organisations to draw on user experience andThis book provides a clear approach to establishing a user involvement system in a healthcare organisation and its potential impact on cancer services. Using a tool kit style approach drawing on examples of successful past projects and case studies to provide evidence of good practice it describes how to plan and implement different stages of user involvement enabling organisations to draw on user experience andThis book provides a clear approach to establishing a user involvement system in a healthcare organisation and its potential impact on cancer services. Using a tool kit style approach drawing on examples of successful past projects and case studies to provide evidence of good practice it describes how to plan and implement different stages of user involvement enabling organisations to draw on user experience and",,,,,,"This book provides a clear approach to establishing a user involvement system in a healthcare organisation and its potential impact on cancer services. Using a tool kit style approach drawing on examples of successful past projects and case studies to provide evidence of good practice it describes how to plan and implement different stages of user involvement enabling organisations to draw on user experience and expertise to evaluate develop and improve the quality of service that they provide. Members of regional cancer networks multidisciplinary cancer care teams and all those involved in the NHS cancer services will find this toolkit interesting reading.

Electronic books; Methods (Music); Methods; General

Claud F B Regnard

Margaret Kindlen

Taylor & Francis.

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