The older cancer patient [[electronic resource] ] : a guide for nurses and related professionals / / Janine Overcash, Lodovico Balducci, editors
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| Titolo: |
The older cancer patient [[electronic resource] ] : a guide for nurses and related professionals / / Janine Overcash, Lodovico Balducci, editors
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| Pubblicazione: | New York, NY, : Springer Pub. Co., c2003 |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (321 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 618.97/6994 |
| Soggetto topico: | Geriatric oncology |
| Cancer - Nursing | |
| Soggetto genere / forma: | Electronic books. |
| Altri autori: |
OvercashJanine
BalducciLodovico
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| Note generali: | Description based upon print version of record. |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Nota di contenuto: | ""Contents""; ""Contributors""; ""Introduction""; ""Section One�Overview""; ""Kathy's Diagnosis""; ""Chapter 1 Epidemiology and Pathology of Cancer and Aging""; ""Chapter 2 Issues in the Care of the Older Cancer Patient: Delayed Diagnosis, Inadequate Treatment, and Information Gaps""; ""Chapter 3 Cancer Screening and Prevention in the Older Cancer Patient""; ""Section Two�Management of Care""; ""Kathy's Treatment""; ""Chapter 4 Atypical Presentation of Cancer in the Elderly""; ""Chapter 5 Obtaining a Comprehensive Geriatric Assessment""; ""Chapter 6 Understanding Patient Preferences"" |
| ""Chapter 7 Health Care Decisions: How Cancer Treatment Decisions Are Made by the Health Care Team""""Chapter 8 Radiation Therapy of Older Persons""; ""Chapter 9 Chemotherapy in the Older Person""; ""Chapter 10 Cancer Fatigue and Aging""; ""Chapter 11 Cancer-Related Anemia""; ""Chapter 12 Caring When Cure Is No Longer Possible""; ""Section Three�Related Issues""; ""Mr. Brown's Story""; ""Chapter 13 Social Support Networks of the Older Cancer Patient""; ""Chapter 14 Helping Family Caregivers of Elderly Cancer Patients: The CARE Model""; ""Chapter 15 Nursing Research and Quality of Life"" | |
| ""Chapter 16 Strategies for the Enrollment of Older Patients into Clinical Trials of Cancer Treatment""""Chapter 17 The Cost of Cancer Prevention and Treatment in the Older Person""; ""Index""; ""A""; ""B""; ""C""; ""D""; ""E""; ""F""; ""G""; ""H""; ""I""; ""J""; ""K""; ""L""; ""M""; ""N""; ""O""; ""P""; ""Q""; ""R""; ""S""; ""T""; ""U""; ""V""; ""W""; ""Y""; ""Z"" | |
| Titolo autorizzato: | The older cancer patient |
| ISBN: | 1-281-80687-0 |
| 9786611806873 | |
| 0-8261-1806-2 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910454204603321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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