Principles and Practice of Supportive Oncology

Ann Berger (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

976 Seiten

1997
Lippincott Williams and Wilkins (Verlag)
978-0-397-51559-2 (ISBN)

Infos

This volume contains a number of practical strategies for managing pain and other symptoms in the newly-diagnosed cancer patient, the patient with end-stage disease, and the growing number of cured cancer patients experiencing symptoms after treatment.

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This volume offers definitive guidance in one of the most important areas of oncology, primary care, and oncologic nursing: management of pain and other symptoms associated with cancer and its treatment. A group of experts in supportive care presents practical strategies for managing pain and other symptoms in the newly-diagnosed cancer patient, the patient with end-stage disease, and the growing number of cured cancer patients experiencing symptoms after treatment.

Inhalt

Part 1 Introduction to supportive oncology. Part 2 Symptoms and syndromes: pain; constitutional symptoms; gastrointestinal syndromes; oral syndromes; skin; cardiopulmonary syndrome; genitourinary; disorders of sexuality and reproduction; metabolic disorders; selected neurologic syndromes; selected psychiatric syndromes. Part 3 Special interventions. Part 4 Terminal care. Part 5 Ethics. Part 6 Special topics.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 1.12.1997
• Zusatzinfo: 108 halftones, 48 line illustrations, 202 tables
• Verlagsort: Philadelphia
• Sprache: englisch
• Maße: 216 x 279 mm
• Gewicht: 2500 g
• Themenwelt: Medizin / Pharmazie ► Medizinische Fachgebiete ► Onkologie
• Themenwelt: Medizin / Pharmazie ► Medizinische Fachgebiete ► Schmerztherapie
• ISBN-10: 0-397-51559-6 / 0397515596
• ISBN-13: 978-0-397-51559-2 / 9780397515592
• Zustand: Neuware