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Record Nr.

UNINA9910957399503321

Titolo

Prostate cancer : nursing assessment, management, and care / / Meredith Wallace, Lorrie L. Powel, editors

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, : Springer Publ. Co., c2002

ISBN

1-281-81867-4

9786611818678

0-8261-8746-3

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (238 p.)

Collana

Springer series on geriatric nursing

Altri autori (Persone)

KazerMeredith Wallace

PowelLorrie L

Disciplina

616.99463

Soggetti

Prostate - Cancer - Nursing

Prostate - 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 (p. 173-213) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Contributors; Foreword; 1 Prostate Cancer: The Nature of the Problem; 2 Prostate Cancer: Risk Factors and Prevention; 3 Assessment, Screening and Diagnosis of Prostate Cancer; 4 Treatment Choices and the Decision-Making Process; 5 Quality of Life with Prostate Cancer; 6 Nursing Care for Radical Prostatectomy; 7 Nursing Care for Radiation Treatment; 8 Hormone Therapy; 9 Watchful Waiting-Managing Prostate Cancer as a Chronic Disease; 10 Prevalent Issues in Patient Education; 11 End of Life Care; References; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Prostate cancer is the most common form of cancer in American adult males. The content of this book, developed by clinical nurse experts, provides information on the state-of-the-art care of men with prostate cancer. Readers will gain a thorough understanding of symptoms, diagnostic methods, treatment options, and psychosocial effects of this disease. A major focus of the book is on quality of life and the nurses' role in improving this through teaching patients and their families how to manage common symptoms and side effects such as urinary and sexual problems.