Handbook of Cancer Survivorship (eBook)

Michael Feuerstein (Herausgeber)

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2007 | 2007
XX, 504 Seiten
Springer US (Verlag)
978-0-387-34562-8 (ISBN)

Infos

Not long ago, a cancer diagnosis was regarded as an automatic death sentence; today there are ten million survivors. Equally impressive is the growing number of clinicians and researchers dedicated to improving the quality of survivors' lives and care. Yet despite this encouraging picture, there has never been a reliable central source for relevant clinical information - until now. This book, written by a cancer survivor and sixty other top scientist-practitioners, responds to the diverse needs of survivors and their support communities by comprehensively addressing the major issues in the field, from the burden of survivorship to secondary prevention.

Michael Feuerstein, Ph.D., MPH is Professor in the Departments of Medical and Clinical Psychology and Preventive Medicine and Biometrics, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, F. Edward Hebert School of Medicine, Bethesda, Maryland. He is also Director of the Clinical Psychology Doctoral Program at that institution. In addition, he is Clinical Professor in the Department of Psychiatry, Division of Behavioral Medicine, at Georgetown University School of Medicine, Washington, DC. Dr. Feuerstein is founder and editor-in-chief of Journal of Occupational Rehabilitation and recently launched (2007) Journal of Cancer Survivorship: Research and Practice, as well as editor of the Handbook of Cancer Survivorship. He is a Fellow of the Academy of Behavioral Medicine Research, the American Psychological Association, and the Society of Behavioral Medicine. As a cancer survivor himself (brain cancer) he focuses his research and advocacy work in the area of cancer survivorship, helping to improve the health, health care, well being and functional recovery of cancer survivors of all types. This latest book addresses many aspects of research and practice related to work following primary cancer treatment, This book was compiled as an effort to improve the lives of those cancer survivors who desire to return and remain at work.

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Not long ago, a cancer diagnosis was regarded as an automatic death sentence; today there are ten million survivors. Equally impressive is the growing number of clinicians and researchers dedicated to improving the quality of survivors' lives and care. Yet despite this encouraging picture, there has never been a reliable central source for relevant clinical information - till now.The Handbook on Cancer Survivorship responds to the diverse needs of survivors and their support communities by comprehensively addressing the major issues in the field, from the burden of survivorship to secondary prevention. Editor Michael Feuerstein, himself a cancer survivor, and sixty other top scientist-practitioners analyze in depth how survivors meet and manage the challenges of life after cancer, and what clinicians, researchers, and public health systems can do to ease the transition.The Handbook's 27 comprehensive chapters include the latest research and practice related to: Survivors' quality of life, and how it can be assessed; Managing everyday and chronic stress; Depression, anxiety, pain disorders, and cognitive changesCoping, adaptation, and resilience; Behavior change strategies - exercise, weight control, smoking cessation; Cancer survivorship centers and other models for follow-up care; Survivor, clinician, and international perspectives; New frontiers in practice, research, and policy.Such wide-ranging coverage benefits everyone involved in cancer survival: primary care providers, oncologists; behavioral health specialists; physical and occupational therapists; nutritionists; epidemiologists; health systems professionals and policymakers; and, of course, survivors themselves and their families.

Inhalt

Preface 6
Acknowledgments 7
Contents 9
Contributors 12
Burden 17
Cancer Survivorship 18
The Burden of Cancer Survivorship 22
Quality of Care 34
Quality of Life in Long-Term Cancer Survivors 58
Health Care Disparities 81
Measuring Quality of Life in Cancer Survivors 92
Common Problems 124
Exercise Motivation and Behavior Change 125
Fatigue 145
Pain 163
Depression 185
Interpersonal Relationships 202
Adaptation in the Face of Advanced Cancer 222
Secondary Prevention 240
Restoring Emotional Well-Being 241
Physical Activity for Cancer Survivors 258
Nutrition and Weight Management in Cancer Survivors 278
Management of Chemotherapy- Related Cognitive Dysfunction 295
Smoking Cessation and Cancer Survivors 310
Psychological Distress, Depression, and Anxiety 330
Managing Daily and Long- Term Stress 345
Pain and Function 367
Work 387
Comprehensive Long-Term Follow- up 403
Survivor and Provider Perspectives 422
Survivor Perspectives on Quality Care 423
Living with Advanced Cancer 433
International Perspective 451
Global Considerations 452
Future Directions 483
Cancer Survivorship 484
Index 496

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 18.10.2007
• Zusatzinfo: XX, 504 p.
• Verlagsort: New York
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Gesundheit / Leben / Psychologie ► Krankheiten / Heilverfahren
• Themenwelt: Medizin / Pharmazie ► Gesundheitswesen
• Themenwelt: Medizin / Pharmazie ► Medizinische Fachgebiete ► Onkologie
• Themenwelt: Medizin / Pharmazie ► Physiotherapie / Ergotherapie
• Schlagworte: Cancer • Cancer Survivorship • fatigue • Hematology • Oncology • prevention • Public Health • quality of life • Secondary prevention • Stress • Survivor • Survivorship
• ISBN-10: 0-387-34562-0 / 0387345620
• ISBN-13: 978-0-387-34562-8 / 9780387345628