Pain Management, Practical Aspects of Palliative Medicine
Cancer Symptom Management
Author:
Yarbro, Connie Henke (Edt)/ Goodman, Michelle (Edt)/ Frogge, Margaret Ha
Isbn 13:
9780763721428
ISBN: 0763721425
Pub Date:
Apr 1, 2003
Publisher:
JONES & BARTLETT PUBS. INC.
Shipping Weight: 3.90 pounds
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Book Description: Today, nurses are challenged to provide quality care and meet the educational and care needs of patients in the ambulatory-care setting. Cancer Symptom Management provides clinical oncology nurses with the information and tools they need to help individuals and families face the daily problems that arise with cancer and its treatment. The contributors to this book are all recognized for their expertise as practitioners who also understand the ramifications of changes in the health care arena. The book identifies the most common problems that individuals with cancer experience, describing how the problem affects the quality of the individual's life and identifying what the nurse or patient can do to help relieve or diminish suffering.- -This text refers to the Hardcover edition. Book Info: Univ. of Missouri, Columbia. Brandon/Hill Nursing List first-purchase selection (#32). Updated reference discusses the problems occurring in patients with cancer, management of these problems, and information about how to teach the patient and family to provide care at home. Previous edition: c1999. Softcover. DNLM: Oncologic Nursing--methods.
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