04777nam 2200613Ia 450 991045831660332120200520144314.01-60795-125-8(CKB)2560000000051951(EBL)3386898(SSID)ssj0000409558(PQKBManifestationID)11282172(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000409558(PQKBWorkID)10347828(PQKB)10110238(MiAaPQ)EBC3386898(Au-PeEL)EBL3386898(CaPaEBR)ebr10409631(OCoLC)923337316(EXLCZ)99256000000005195120090122d2009 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrMedical care of cancer patients[electronic resource] /[edited by] Sai-Ching Jim Yeung, Carmen P. Escalante, Robert F. GagelShelton, CT People's Medical Publishing House BC Decker Inc.20091 online resource (800 p.)Description based upon print version of record.1-60795-008-1 Includes bibliographical references and index.""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""CancerPatientsCareCancerTreatmentElectronic books.CancerPatientsCare.CancerTreatment.616.99/4Yeung Sai-Ching Jim915909Escalante Carmen P915910Gagel R. F(Robert F.)915911MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910458316603321Medical care of cancer patients2053183UNINA