Medical care of cancer patients [[electronic resource] /] / [edited by] Sai-Ching Jim Yeung, Carmen P. Escalante, Robert F. Gagel

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910458316603321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Shelton, CT, : People's Medical Publishing House, : BC Decker Inc., 2009
• ISBN: 1-60795-125-8
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (800 p.)
• Altri autori (Persone): YeungSai-Ching Jim; EscalanteCarmen P; GagelR. F (Robert F.)
• Disciplina: 616.99/4
• Soggetti: Cancer - Patients - Care; Cancer - Treatment; 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 and index.
• Nota di contenuto: ""Half Title Page""; ""Title Page""; ""Copyright Page""; ""Section Editors""; ""Preface""; ""Contents""; ""Contributors""; ""1 Introduction to the Care of the Cancer Patient""; ""2 Mechanisms of Complications of Malignancy""; ""Fundamental Characteristics of Cancer""; ""Mechanisms of Organ Dysfunction in Cancer""; ""Compression, Obstruction, and Infiltration""; ""Systemic Effects""; ""Treatment-Related Effects""; ""Conclusions""; ""3 Long-Term Consequences of Cancer Surgery""; ""Management of Lymphedema""; ""Endocrine and Exocrine Function after Pancreatectomy""; ""Postgastrectomy Syndromes""; ""Functional Complications of Esophageal Surgery""""Pelvic Operations""; ""4 Collateral Damage Associated with Chemotherapy""; ""Systemic Toxic Effects""; ""Agents and Mechanisms of Action""; ""Chemotherapy-Induced Secondary Malignancies""; ""Fertility and Mutagenicity""; ""Appendix""; ""5 Systemic Sequelae of Bioimmunotherapy""; ""Bioimmunotherapy Agents and Systemic Effects""; ""Conclusions""; ""6 Ethical and Legal Issues in the Care of a Cancer Patient""; ""The Shift from Paternalism to Partnership""; ""Informed Consent: Process and Transparency""; ""Assessing Decisional Capacity""; ""Standards for Decision Making""""Advance Care Planning""; ""CPR and Do Not Resuscitate""; ""Confidant and Coordinator of Overall Care""; ""Physician-Internist as Confidant""; ""Family Secrets""; ""HIV and Communicable Diseases and the Duty to Warn""; ""Genetic Risks and the Results of Testing""; ""Risks to the Public""; ""Coordinator of Overall Care""; ""Internist as Gatekeeper""; ""Relationships with Consultants""; ""Alternative Medicine""; ""Terminating the Physician-Patient Relationship""; ""Conclusion""; ""7 Cancer-Related Fatigue""; ""Clinical Manifestations""; ""Pathophysiology of CRF""""Fatigue-Associated Symptoms""; ""CRF Assessment Tools""; ""Evaluating the Patient with CRF""; ""Intervention in CRF""; ""Summary""; ""8 Cancer Pain""; ""Definitions""; ""Models of Care""; ""Evaluation of the Patient with Cancer Pain""; ""Cancer Pain Syndromes""; ""Overcoming Obstacles in Cancer Pain Treatment""; ""Management of Chronic Cancer Pain""; ""Cancer Pain at the End of Life: Special Considerations""; ""Conclusion""; ""9 Cancer and Depression: Phenomenology and Pathophysiology""; ""Clinical Manifestations""; ""Diagnosis""; ""Prevalence""; ""Risk Factors""; ""Mechanisms""""Summary""; ""10 Sleep Disorders in the Cancer Patient""; ""Diagnosing Sleep Disturbance""; ""Specific Sleep Disorders in the Cancer Patient""; ""Chronobiology""; ""Chronotherapy""; ""Summary""; ""11 Nausea""; ""Clinical Manifestations""; ""Pathophysiology""; ""Etiology""; ""Predictive Factors""; ""Diagnosis""; ""Treatment""; ""Treatment Guidelines for the Prevention of Acute and Delayed Emesis""; ""Special Emetic Problems""; ""Summary""; ""12 Fever""; ""History""; ""Definitions""; ""Thermometric Variability""; ""Physiologic Variables""; ""Clinical Manifestations""; ""Pathophysiologic Mechanism""