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Record Nr.

UNINA9910811811503321

Titolo

Psycho-oncology / / edited by Thomas N. Wise, Massimo Biondi, Anna Costantini

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Washington, District of Columbia ; ; London, England : , : American Psychiatric Publishing, , 2013

ISBN

1-58562-990-1

Edizione

[First edition.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (377 p.) : illustrations

Altri autori (Persone)

DoolittleMatthew Norris (MSKCC)

KissaneDavid W (MSKCC.)

Disciplina

616.99406

Soggetti

Cancer - Psychological aspects

Cancer - Treatment

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

The crisis of discovery : psychological and psychopathological reaction to the disease / James L. Levenson -- Cancer : a family affair / Lea Baider -- Communicating with cancer patients and their families / Walter F. Baile and Anna Costantini -- Demoralization and depression in cancer / David W. Kissane and Matthew Doolittle -- Counseling and specific psychological treatments in common clinical settings : an overview / Carolyn Pitceathly, Maggie Watson, and Anne Cawthorn -- Genetic counseling and testing for hereditary cancers : psychosocial considerations / Allison M. Burton, Ellen R. Gritz, and Susan K. Peterson -- Dimensional psychopharmacology of the cancer patient / Massimo Biondi and Massimo Pasquini -- Advancing medical education in existential dimensions of advanced cancer and palliative care / Shannon R. Poppito and Glendon R. Tait -- Rapid psychometric assessment of distress and depression for the clinician / Alex j. mitchell -- The value of quality of life assessment in cancer patients / Bernhard Holzner, Johannes Giesinger, Fabio Efficace -- Support of the dying patient : psychological issues and communication / Friedrich Stiefel and Sonia Krenz -- Psycho-oncology and optimal standards of cancer care : developments, multidisciplinary team approach, and international guidelines / Luigi Grassi, Rosangela Caruso, and Maria Giulia Nanni.



Sommario/riassunto

<P>Psycho-oncology was written to assist oncologists, physicians, psychiatrists and other mental health clinicians, and hospital chaplains in understanding and offering supportive treatment to the more than 40% of individuals who will receive a cancer diagnosis during their lifetime.</P>