Not long ago, a cancer diagnosis was regarded as an automatic death sentence; today there are ten million survivors. Equally impressive is the growing number of clinicians and researchers dedicated to improving the quality of survivors' lives and care. Yet despite this encouraging picture, there has never been a reliable central source for relevant clinical information - till now. "The Handbook on Cancer Survivorship" responds to the diverse needs of survivors and their support communities by comprehensively addressing the major issues in the field, from the burden of survivorship to secondary prevention.Editor Michael Feuerstein, himself a cancer survivor, and sixty other top scientist-practitioners analyze in depth how survivors meet and manage the challenges of life after cancer, and what clinicians, researchers, and public health systems can do to ease the transition.The Handbook's 27 comprehensive chapters include the latest research and practice related to: survivors' quality of life, and how it can be assessed; managing everyday and chronic stress; depression, anxiety, pain disorders, and cognitive changes; coping, adaptation, and resilience; behavior change strategies - exercise, weight control, smoking cessation; cancer survivorship centers and other models for follow-up care; survivor, clinician, and international perspectives; and new frontiers in practice, research, and policy.
Such wide-ranging coverage benefits everyone involved in cancer survival: primary care providers, oncologists; behavioral health specialists; physical and occupational therapists; nutritionists; epidemiologists; health systems professionals and policymakers; and, of course, survivors themselves and their families.
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Not long ago, a cancer diagnosis was regarded as an automatic death sentence; today there are ten million survivors. This title responds to the diverse needs of survivors and their support communities by comprehensively addressing the major issues in the field, from the burden of survivorship to secondary prevention.
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Acknowledgements. Foreword.- Part I. Burden. Cancer Survivorship: A Bird's Eye View from an Insider. Burden of Cancer Survivorship: A Pandemic of Treatment Success. Quality of Care. Quality of Life in Long Term Survivors. Health Disparities. Measuring Health Related Quality of Life.- Part II. Mechanisms of Common Problems. Exercise Motivation and Behavior Change. Fatigue. Pain Disorders. Stress. Depression. Interpersonal Relationships. Adaptation in the Face of Advanced Cancer.- Part III. Secondary Prevention. Restoring Emotional Well-being: A Model. Physical Activity: Potential Benefits and Guidelines. Nutrition/Weight Management. Cognitive Changes. Smoking Cessation. Psychological Distress, Depression, and Anxiety. Managing Daily and Long Term Stress. Pain and Function: A Psychosocial Perspective. Work. Comprehensive Long-Term Follow-Up: Cancer Survivorship Centers.- Part IV. Survivor and Provider Perspectives. Quality Care. Living with Advanced Cancer.- Part V. International Perspective. International Approaches.- Part VI. Future Directions. Cancer Survivorship: Research, Practice and Policy The Challenges. Index. Appendix.- Worldwide sources of support for program development and research related to cancer survivorship.
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Produktdetaljer
ISBN
9780387857671
Publisert
2008-10-01
Utgiver
Vendor
Springer-Verlag New York Inc.
Høyde
254 mm
Bredde
178 mm
Aldersnivå
Research, P, 06
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Heftet
Antall sider
528
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