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The Older Cancer Patient : A Guide for Nurses and Related Professionals.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublisher: New York : Springer Publishing Company, Incorporated, 2003Copyright date: ©2003Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (321 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9780826118066
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: The Older Cancer PatientDDC classification:
  • 618.97/6994
LOC classification:
  • RC281.A34O435 2003
Online resources:
Contents:
Intro -- Contents -- Contributors -- Introduction -- Section One-Overview -- Kathy's Diagnosis -- Chapter 1 Epidemiology and Pathology of Cancer and Aging -- Chapter 2 Issues in the Care of the Older Cancer Patient: Delayed Diagnosis, Inadequate Treatment, and Information Gaps -- Chapter 3 Cancer Screening and Prevention in the Older Cancer Patient -- Section Two-Management of Care -- Kathy's Treatment -- Chapter 4 Atypical Presentation of Cancer in the Elderly -- Chapter 5 Obtaining a Comprehensive Geriatric Assessment -- Chapter 6 Understanding Patient Preferences -- Chapter 7 Health Care Decisions: How Cancer Treatment Decisions Are Made by the Health Care Team -- Chapter 8 Radiation Therapy of Older Persons -- Chapter 9 Chemotherapy in the Older Person -- Chapter 10 Cancer Fatigue and Aging -- Chapter 11 Cancer-Related Anemia -- Chapter 12 Caring When Cure Is No Longer Possible -- Section Three-Related Issues -- Mr. Brown's Story -- Chapter 13 Social Support Networks of the Older Cancer Patient -- Chapter 14 Helping Family Caregivers of Elderly Cancer Patients: The CARE Model -- Chapter 15 Nursing Research and Quality of Life -- Chapter 16 Strategies for the Enrollment of Older Patients into Clinical Trials of Cancer Treatment -- Chapter 17 The Cost of Cancer Prevention and Treatment in the Older Person -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y -- Z.
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Intro -- Contents -- Contributors -- Introduction -- Section One-Overview -- Kathy's Diagnosis -- Chapter 1 Epidemiology and Pathology of Cancer and Aging -- Chapter 2 Issues in the Care of the Older Cancer Patient: Delayed Diagnosis, Inadequate Treatment, and Information Gaps -- Chapter 3 Cancer Screening and Prevention in the Older Cancer Patient -- Section Two-Management of Care -- Kathy's Treatment -- Chapter 4 Atypical Presentation of Cancer in the Elderly -- Chapter 5 Obtaining a Comprehensive Geriatric Assessment -- Chapter 6 Understanding Patient Preferences -- Chapter 7 Health Care Decisions: How Cancer Treatment Decisions Are Made by the Health Care Team -- Chapter 8 Radiation Therapy of Older Persons -- Chapter 9 Chemotherapy in the Older Person -- Chapter 10 Cancer Fatigue and Aging -- Chapter 11 Cancer-Related Anemia -- Chapter 12 Caring When Cure Is No Longer Possible -- Section Three-Related Issues -- Mr. Brown's Story -- Chapter 13 Social Support Networks of the Older Cancer Patient -- Chapter 14 Helping Family Caregivers of Elderly Cancer Patients: The CARE Model -- Chapter 15 Nursing Research and Quality of Life -- Chapter 16 Strategies for the Enrollment of Older Patients into Clinical Trials of Cancer Treatment -- Chapter 17 The Cost of Cancer Prevention and Treatment in the Older Person -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y -- Z.

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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2024. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.

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