عنوان

Supportive Care in Cancer Patients

(Number (ISBN

3642829325

(Number (ISBN

9783642829321

Number

b551118

Title Proper

Supportive Care in Cancer Patients

General Material Designation

[Book]

First Statement of Responsibility

edited by Hans-Jörg Senn, Agnes Glaus, Luzius Schmid.

Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.

Berlin, Heidelberg

Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.

Springer Berlin Heidelberg

Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.

1988

Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item

(xii, 342 pages 60 illustrations)

Series Title

Recent results in cancer research, 108.

Text of Note

Management of Cancer Pain --;Management of Bleeding and Infection --;Management of Treatment Side-Effects --;Palliative Surgery in Cancer Patients --;Cancer and Nutrition --;Psychosocial Care in Cancer Patients --;Cancer in Children and Families --;Quality of Life/Education About Cancer --;Subject Index.

Text of Note

This volume challenges physicians, nurses and social workers to deliver optimal supportive therapy and care to cancer patients in all stages and forms of their manifold neoplastic diseases. Too often, supportive measures such as pain control and psychosocial support are regarded as aspects of "terminal care" of cancer patients or approached in a suboptimal, isolated fashion by various monodisciplinary specialists. General and holistic supportive care, however, which integrates the professional skills of many disciplines is needed right from the beginning of cancer diagnosis. Medical, nursing, social and psychological care should be adapted subsequently as required to the various stages of the illness. Only through this interdisciplinary approach will the patient feel truly supported during his crucial fight with cancer. The chapters of the volume deal with all important aspects of supportive care: pain control, control of bleeding and infection, psychosocial support, nursing support, side effects of cancer therapy, quality of life, education about cancer, as well as supportive care for children with cancer and families affected by neoplastic diseases.

Medicine.

Oncology.

Toxicology.

Class number

Book number

edited by Hans-Jörg Senn, Agnes Glaus, Luzius Schmid.

Agnes Glaus

Hans-Jörg Senn

Luzius Schmid

Electronic name

[Book]

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