Cancer Nursing - Softcover

 
9780632039982: Cancer Nursing
Softcover
ISBN 10: 0632039981 ISBN 13: 9780632039982
Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell, 2001

Synopsis

The need to improve cancer services is widely recognized. Cancer nurses are increasingly being acknowledged as key players in enhancing care and treatment for people with cancer. However, there is also an acknowledgement of the growing need for greater numbers of nurses with the confidence and skills to meet the demands of this intensely challenging area of health care.

Cancer Nursing: Care in Context draws upon a unique range of sources from multidisciplinary contributors. These include personal accounts from people with cancer and those caring for them, research evidence, and the views and experiences of experts working in the field. Cancer and cancer care are revealed from a number of perspectives, both conventional and unconventional. This book offers an accessible introduction to the disease and its treatment, as well as more challenging original material relating to the therapeutic and caring practice.

The book is divided into 5 sections. In Part 1, cancer is set in context: the concept of cancer discourses, and the social meaning of cancer and cancer care are introduced and explored. Part 2 deals with the cancer experience from the perspective of the person who is ill, as well as family members and health professionals. Part 3 offers detailed insight into cancer treatment. Part 4 explores the nursing management problems relating to cancer. Finally, Part 5 identifies and reviews a number of priorities in cancer care, including cancer in ethnic communities, children and adolescents with cancer, older people, health policy and research.

Cancer Nursing: Care in Context is essential reading for post-registration cancer nurses and health care professionals. It is also useful for nursing students who wish to develop their knowledge and skills in cancer care.

The Editors

Jessica Corner is Professor of Cancer Nursing and Director of the Centre for Cancer and Palliative Care Studies, Institute of Cancer Research, London

Christopher Bailey is Senior Nursing Fellow at the Centre for Cancer and Palliative Care Studies, Institute of Cancer Research, London

Key features:
*Personal accounts of the experience of cancer and its treatments
*Care strategies
*Research reviews
*Overviews by acknowledged experts
*A commitment to therapeutic nursing
*A comprehensive source of information for nurses working in cancer care

"synopsis" may belong to another edition of this title.

About the Author

Jessica Corner is Professor of Cancer Nursing and Director of the Centre for Cancer and Palliative Care Studies, Institute of Cancer Research, London

Christopher Bailey is Senior Nursing Fellow at the Centre for Cancer and Palliative Care Studies, Institute of Cancer Research, London

From the Back Cover

The need to improve cancer services is widely recognized. Cancer nurses are increasingly being acknowledged as key players in enhancing care and treatment for people with cancer. However, there is also an acknowledgement of the growing need for greater numbers of nurses with the confidence and skills to meet the demands of this intensely challenging area of health care.


Cancer Nursing: Care in Context draws upon a unique range of sources from multidisciplinary contributors. These include personal accounts from people with cancer and those caring for them, research evidence, and the views and experiences of experts working in the field. Cancer and cancer care are revealed from a number of perspectives, both conventional and unconventional. This book offers an accessible introduction to the disease and its treatment, as well as more challenging original material relating to the therapeutic and caring practice.


The book is divided into 5 sections. In Part 1, cancer is set in context: the concept of cancer discourses, and the social meaning of cancer and cancer care are introduced and explored. Part 2 deals with the cancer experience from the perspective of the person who is ill, as well as family members and health professionals. Part 3 offers detailed insight into cancer treatment. Part 4 explores the nursing management problems relating to cancer. Finally, Part 5 identifies and reviews a number of priorities in cancer care, including cancer in ethnic communities, children and adolescents with cancer, older people, health policy and research.


Key features:


  • Personal accounts of the experience of cancer and its treatments

  • Care strategies

  • Research reviews

  • Overviews by acknowledged experts

  • A commitment to therapeutic nursing

  • A comprehensive source of information for nurses working in cancer care

"About this title" may belong to another edition of this title.

Publisher
Wiley-Blackwell
Publication date
2001
Language
English
ISBN 10 
0632039981
ISBN 13 
9780632039982
Binding
Paperback
Edition number
1
Number of pages
576
Editor
Corner Jessica, Bailey Christopher D.