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Record Nr.

UNINA9910450451703321

Autore

Clark Andrew

Titolo

Breast Cancer / / Andrew Clark, Lesley Prof Fallowfield

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Boca Raton, FL : , : CRC Press, , 2014

ISBN

0-429-08225-8

1-4822-6756-X

1-280-32206-3

1-134-95631-2

0-585-44702-0

9786610322060

0-203-40614-1

Edizione

[First edition.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (150 p.)

Collana

Experience of illness

Disciplina

616.99/449/0019

616.99449

Soggetti

Breast - Cancer - Psychological aspects

Breast - Cancer - Social aspects

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 121-132) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Book Cover; Title; Contents; List of tables; Preface; Acknowledgements; Editors' preface; What is breast cancer and how is it treated? A surgeon's experience of breast cancer; Lay attitudes, beliefs, screening, and self-examination; Finding a breast lump and hearing the diagnosis; Psychosocial outcome of breast cancer treatment; Psychological reactions to recurrence and advanced disease; Psychological interventions; Conclusion and new directions; References; Index

Sommario/riassunto

"For many women breast cancer is one of the most distressing of all diseases. Breast Cancer examines the effects of the disease through all stages of diagnosis and treatment. Making extensive use of verbatim accounts by women of their experiences, it intersperses these with relevant findings and theories from recent scientific research. The book's emphasis on the psychosocial impact of the disease and its treatment will help all those who care for breast cancer patients to



understand the distress involved and the means of alleviating it."--Provided by publisher.