Psycho-Oncology for the Clinician: The Patient Behind the Disease
Autor Shulamith Kreitleren Limba Engleză Paperback – 26 mar 2019
This
volume
strives
to
give
oncologists
and
other
medical
practitioners
a
thorough
picture
of
the
oncology
patient.
It’s
designed
to
show
that
psychological
needs
of
the
patient
are
an
important
aspect
that
should
be
considered
for
optimizing
the
effects
of
cancer
treatment,
no
less
than
genetic,
immunological,
physiological
and
other
medical
features
that
are
often
considered
as
necessary
components
of
personalized
medicine.
Using
evidence-based
information,
the
book
describes
the
different
ways
cancer
touches
upon
a
person’s
life,
including
emotional,
physical,
and
social
changes,
important
decisions,
and
support
structure.
It
also
details
the
phases
every
cancer
patient
encounters
along
the
way,
from
getting
tested
and
waiting
for
the
diagnosis,
to
treatments,
survival,
and
confronting
one’s
mortality.
Psycho-oncology
for
the
Clinicianwill
serve
to
contribute
to
the
further
scientific
development
of
psycho-oncology,
expand
its
use
as
a
treatment
modality,
strengthen
its
status
as
an
essential
component
of
cancer
care,
and
promote
the
acceptance
of
psycho-oncology
as
the
new
evidence-based
constituent
of
personalized
medicine
in
oncology.
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Specificații
ISBN-13: 9783030061241
ISBN-10: 3030061248
Pagini: 315
Ilustrații: XIII, 312 p.
Dimensiuni: 155 x 235 mm
Greutate: 0.68 kg
Ediția:1st ed. 2019
Editura: Springer International Publishing
Colecția Springer
Locul publicării:Cham, Switzerland
ISBN-10: 3030061248
Pagini: 315
Ilustrații: XIII, 312 p.
Dimensiuni: 155 x 235 mm
Greutate: 0.68 kg
Ediția:1st ed. 2019
Editura: Springer International Publishing
Colecția Springer
Locul publicării:Cham, Switzerland
Cuprins
The History of Psycho-oncology.- The Special Characteristics of Oncology and Psycho-Oncology.- The Phases of the Confrontation with Cancer.- Determinants, Risk Factors, and Protective Factors for Cancer: Environmental, Physiological and Demographic.- Psychosocial Risk Factors for Cancer.- The Impact of Cancer.- Major Decision in the Life of Cancer Patients.- Treatments and Inventions in Cancer.- Coping with Cancer.- Quality of Life.- The Family in Cancer.- Relations with the Physicians and Medical Institutions.- Confronting Dying and Death.- Specific Cancer Diseases: The Psychological Perspective.- Special Populations of Patients.- The Caretakers.
Notă biografică
Shulamith Kreitler, PhD
Professor of Psychology, School of Psychological Sciences
Tel-Aviv University
Tel Aviv, Israel
Head of Psycho-oncology Research Center
Sheba Medical Center
Tel-Hashomer, Israel
Textul de pe ultima copertă
This volume strives to give oncologists and other medical practitioners a thorough picture of the oncology patient. It’s designed to show that psychological needs of the patient are an important aspect that should be considered for optimizing the effects of cancer treatment, no less than genetic, immunological, physiological and other medical features that are often considered as necessary components of personalized medicine. Using evidence-based information, the book describes the different ways cancer touches upon a person’s life, including emotional, physical, and social changes, important decisions, and support structure. It also details the phases every cancer patient encounters along the way, from getting tested and waiting for the diagnosis, to treatments, survival, and confronting one’s mortality.
Psycho-oncology for the Clinician will serve to contribute to the further scientific development of psycho-oncology, expand its use as a treatment modality, strengthen its status as an essential component of cancer care, and promote the acceptance of psycho-oncology as the new evidence-based constituent of personalized medicine in oncology.
Caracteristici
Presents
a
broad
range
of
insights
and
evidence-based
information
Deals
with
a
whole
range
of
psychological
issues
arising
from
a
diagnosis
of
cancer
and
its
treatment
Only
such
book
to
emphasize
the
patient’s
perspective
Evidence-based
and
fluidly
written
summaries
at
the
end
of
each
chapter
Descriere
This volume strives to give oncologists and other medical practitioners a thorough picture of the oncology patient. It’s designed to show that psychological needs of the patient are an important aspect that should be considered for optimizing the effects of cancer treatment, no less than genetic, immunological, physiological and other medical features that are often considered as necessary components of personalized medicine. Using evidence-based information, the book describes the different ways cancer touches upon a person’s life, including emotional, physical, and social changes, important decisions, and support structure. It also details the phases every cancer patient encounters along the way, from getting tested and waiting for the diagnosis, to treatments, survival, and confronting one’s mortality.
Psycho-oncology for the Clinician will serve to contribute to the further scientific development of psycho-oncology, expand its use as a treatment modality, strengthen its status as an essential component of cancer care, and promote the acceptance of psycho-oncology as the new evidence-based constituent of personalized medicine in oncology.