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UNINA9910450451703321 |
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Autore |
Clark Andrew |
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Titolo |
Breast Cancer / / Andrew Clark, Lesley Prof Fallowfield |
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Pubbl/distr/stampa |
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Boca Raton, FL : , : CRC Press, , 2014 |
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ISBN |
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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 |
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Edizione |
[First edition.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (150 p.) |
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Collana |
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Disciplina |
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616.99/449/0019 |
616.99449 |
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Soggetti |
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Breast - Cancer - Psychological aspects |
Breast - Cancer - Social aspects |
Electronic books. |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 121-132) and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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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 |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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"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 |
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