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The most up-to-date, comprehensive reference available in the bonemarrow field. Utilizing the experience of more than twenty oncology nurses, itaddresses current challenges: to influence both ethical and administrativeproblem solving, to help lower costs, to improve patients' understanding ofproblems and risks, and to participate in decision making for research studies.This text prepares nurses for an even larger role in the continuing applicationof marrow transplantation. ... Read more

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The Manual of Cancer Services Standards requires that practitioners caring for people receiving chemotherapy have knowledge and skills that meet a specific standard. Cancer Chemotherapy: A Practical Manual for Nurses provides, in an accessible format, the core content to meet these required standards of competency. Chemotherapy is considered to include hormonal therapies, biological response modifiers and new innovative approaches to treatment. Generic chemotherapy issues are also discussed, with specific reference to aspects of care related to adult and paediatric oncology practice. Changes and developments in service delivery and the impact of this on patient care, such as the move towards ambulatory and home care, are also covered. Principles of good practice are highlighted throughout, as is the evidence base for current treatment practice, which allows differences in local policies and practice to be taken into account and provides a useful basis on which to re-think local practices if necessary. ... Read more

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This new, comprehensive reference provides a unique perspective onquality of life issues for oncology nurses in education, research, and clinicalpractice. Presenting quality of life issues related to specific diseases,treatments, and populations, Quality of Life from Nursing and PatientPerspectives is an excellent resource for educators in schools and hospitals,researchers developing quality of life studies, nursing students, and cliniciansworking as staff nurses, clinical resources, or case managers. Applicable to avariety of clinical settings, including inpatient, outpatient, ambulatory care,cancer centers, research centers, home care agencies, hospices, and many others,this book will be a valuable addition to any oncology nurse's personal library. ... Read more

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Nurses must have the most up-to-date information possible in order to provide accurate patient education and competent nursing care to men with prostate cancer. This book addresses those issues in a very concise and thorough manner. Chapters on risk factors, screening, diagnosis, and different treatment modalities used in cancer management are included. ... Read more

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This text provides the foundation to understand and apply thistherapeutic modality. The skills necessary to care for patients who receive itare included. It also provides further insight into the field of biotherapy, aswell as a perspective of the knowledge acquired to date. Administration andnursing management of BRM side effects are delineated along with areas forfuture nursing research. This text is intended for oncology nurses, but othersinvolved with biotherapy will find it to be a valuable resource. ... Read more

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This manual has been expertly developed to assist nurses whoprovide care to persons with cancer in the home. Since cancer affects one inthree individuals, it is likely that a homecare nurse working in the home willcare for a person with cancer. This important new text incorporates nursingpractice guidelines for nurses who care for those patients. The knowledge andexperience of a distinguished group of experts has been collected in thisindispensable manual, which includes both the practical and technologicaltherapies of homecare. ... Read more

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Many cancer patients are seen in outpatient clinics, general medical wards and general and specialist surgical wards as well as oncology units. These patients can have varied palliative care needs and it is the responsibility of those nursing them to be aware of these needs and how to respond to them. This informative and practical text starts with the premise that care delivery with a palliative approach is a core skill that every health professional, in whatever setting, should possess if dealing with patients who have an incurable progressive disease. The palliative approach has as the main priority the promotion of physical, psychosocial and spiritual well being of the patient and their family. By focusing on quality of life, best possible symptom control and quality death in a holistic manner the nursing management of patients is enhanced. ... Read more

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Originally emanating from presentations at an international conference, this text brings together research and practice development from three perspectives: practice, management and education. Within these three sections the book presents a series of chapters written mainly by practitioners, but some in collaboration with academics. At a time when practitioners are being called to produce and use evidence in their practice, this book should offer a valuable contribution to that evidence base. ... Read more

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This book reviews the literature on fatigue in general and in cancer. A chapter is devoted to identifying the concept of fatigue in cancer patients in comparison to fatigue as experienced in healthy individuals. Descriptors derived from this conceptional analysis were compared to those known from existing measurement tools, as published in available literature. A new fatigue assessment questionnaire was then developed and tested. In another study, this instrument underwent further reliability and validity testing. At the same time, a theoretical framework of fatigue emerged. The last chapter synthesizes the findings of the consecutive studies, and the appendix contains the Fatigue Assessment Questionnaire. This book is a must for reseachers, oncology nurses, physicians and psychologists. ... Read more

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The text aims to help readers broaden their knowledge about breast cancer and show them how to help patients and their families cope with the diagnosis and treatment of this disease. ... Read more

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Women and Cancer evolved from the Society of Gynecologic NurseOncologists' annual workshop, which provides experienced nurses the opportunityto share knowledge and skills as well as discuss the special needs of women withcancer. Each chapter was developed in such a manner that nurses in theoutpatient clinic or office, at the bedside, and in an advanced practice rolehave a reference that addresses the specific needs of this patient population. ... Read more