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Book Synopsis Cancer Care for the Whole Patient by : Institute of Medicine
Download or read book Cancer Care for the Whole Patient written by Institute of Medicine and published by National Academies Press. This book was released on 2008-03-19 with total page 454 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Cancer care today often provides state-of-the-science biomedical treatment, but fails to address the psychological and social (psychosocial) problems associated with the illness. This failure can compromise the effectiveness of health care and thereby adversely affect the health of cancer patients. Psychological and social problems created or exacerbated by cancer--including depression and other emotional problems; lack of information or skills needed to manage the illness; lack of transportation or other resources; and disruptions in work, school, and family life--cause additional suffering, weaken adherence to prescribed treatments, and threaten patients' return to health. Today, it is not possible to deliver high-quality cancer care without using existing approaches, tools, and resources to address patients' psychosocial health needs. All patients with cancer and their families should expect and receive cancer care that ensures the provision of appropriate psychosocial health services. Cancer Care for the Whole Patient recommends actions that oncology providers, health policy makers, educators, health insurers, health planners, researchers and research sponsors, and consumer advocates should undertake to ensure that this standard is met.
Book Synopsis An Encounter with Cancer by : Violet Morrison-Campbell
Download or read book An Encounter with Cancer written by Violet Morrison-Campbell and published by Xulon Press. This book was released on 2013-03-01 with total page 118 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Violet Morrison-Campbell's new book is an up close, face to face confrontation with cervical cancer. She tells of her journey with cancer and overcoming it as she drew near to God. The application of God's will makes all the difference. Dr. G.J. Thompson, Th.D. International President and CEO Vineyard University Violet is an inspiration to me and anyone who comes in her path. She has faith that invigorates and encourages others to put their trust in Christ. This is a great book with a real story. James J Flood Author of 'Life Balance Solutions' Violet Morrison-Campbell was always involved in the wellbeing of others and dedicated to excellence. She was introduced to success at a very young age. She started teaching at the young age of 17 and went on to study at St Joseph's Teachers College while assisting with the care of her siblings and support to her parents. She left the hills for the City of Kingston where she formally began her profession (teaching) at Pembroke Hall Secondary School. As she continued her education later on, she embarked in undergraduate studies at the University of Miami and graduate studies at Antioch Christian University. Often times after major accomplishments there tends to be a lull that was not the case for Violet. She has been 'empowered to 'empower' with experience to propel her to the next stage of the journey. She is full of optimism and gratitude ready to tell the world of her encounter with cancer; not just healed but cured. Violet was challenged but full of hope knowing that God can use the pain of cancer for His glory.
Download or read book My Cancer Is Me written by Vijay Bhat and published by Hay House, Inc. This book was released on 2013-04-01 with total page 138 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The inspiring story of one man’s relationship with his cancer and how it healed him . . . ‘You have cancer.’ These simple words come as a terrible shock. Life, as you know it, changes in an instant and nothing is the same again. Panic and fear overwhelm you as you desperately pin your hopes on doctors and on medical treatment. But this is only part of the story. While your doctors work towards healing your body, you must heal your inner self, just as Vijay Bhat did to beat his cancer. When he focused on himself, Vijay realized that his cancer originated within and only then manifested as a ‘tumour’ in his body. The authors believe that healing requires a ‘person-centric’ approach, where the focus is the whole person and all the aspects of his inner and outer life, rather than an ‘organ-centric’ one, where the focus is merely the disease or affected organ. According to them, cancer is the result of your physical lifestyle along with your mental, emotional and spiritual processes and the ‘stressors’ associated with these processes. For instance, negative thoughts and attitudes are mental stressors while negative emotions such as anger and guilt are emotional stressors. Healing these aspects of yourself is essential for physical healing. The authors guide you through your process of self-discovery, showing you how to find your stressors and teaching you how to recover from them. The book also gives useful information on the biological aspects of cancer and its causes; dietary and nutritional needs of cancer patients; how to maintain optimum immunity; how to confront loss and death; and the role of the caregiver. My Cancer Is Me is a thought-provoking and sensitive guide for anyone who has cancer or is supporting a loved one with cancer.
Download or read book Our Family Miracle written by and published by . This book was released on 2006-08-01 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Holland-Frei Cancer Medicine by : Robert C. Bast, Jr.
Download or read book Holland-Frei Cancer Medicine written by Robert C. Bast, Jr. and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2017-03-10 with total page 2008 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Holland-Frei Cancer Medicine, Ninth Edition, offers a balanced view of the most current knowledge of cancer science and clinical oncology practice. This all-new edition is the consummate reference source for medical oncologists, radiation oncologists, internists, surgical oncologists, and others who treat cancer patients. A translational perspective throughout, integrating cancer biology with cancer management providing an in depth understanding of the disease An emphasis on multidisciplinary, research-driven patient care to improve outcomes and optimal use of all appropriate therapies Cutting-edge coverage of personalized cancer care, including molecular diagnostics and therapeutics Concise, readable, clinically relevant text with algorithms, guidelines and insight into the use of both conventional and novel drugs Includes free access to the Wiley Digital Edition providing search across the book, the full reference list with web links, illustrations and photographs, and post-publication updates
Book Synopsis Close to the Heart by : Barry D. Teater
Download or read book Close to the Heart written by Barry D. Teater and published by . This book was released on 1997-06 with total page 202 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Facing Cancer and the Fear of Death by : Norman Straker
Download or read book Facing Cancer and the Fear of Death written by Norman Straker and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2013 with total page 172 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Facing Cancer and the Fear of Death: A Psychoanalytic Perspective on Treatment, Dr. Norman Straker proposes that "death anxiety" is responsible for the American society's failure to address costly futile care at the end of life; more specifically, doctors default on the appropriate prescription of palliative care because of this anxiety. This leads to unnecessary suffering for terminally-ill patients and their families and significant distress for physicians. To address these challenges in the culture of medical education, increased psychological support for physicians who treat dying patients is necessary. Additionally, physicians need to reach a consensus regarding the discontinuation of active treatments. Psychoanalysts have traditionally denied the importance of death anxiety and report relatively few treatment cases of dying patients in their literature. This book offers multiple treatment reports by psychoanalysts that illustrate the effectiveness and value of a flexible approach to patients facing death. The psychoanalytic reader is expected to gain a greater level of comfort with facing death and is encouraged to consider making themselves more available to the ever-increasing population of cancer survivors. Further, psychoanalysts are encouraged to be more useful partners to the oncologists that are burdened by the irrational feelings of all parties.
Download or read book Sunshine written by Minakshi Chaudhry and published by . This book was released on 2011 with total page 200 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Meeting Psychosocial Needs of Women with Breast Cancer by : National Research Council
Download or read book Meeting Psychosocial Needs of Women with Breast Cancer written by National Research Council and published by National Academies Press. This book was released on 2004-04-12 with total page 289 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Meeting Psychosocial Needs of Women with Breast Cancer, the National Cancer Policy Board of the Institute of Medicine examines the psychosocial consequences of the cancer experience. The book focuses specifically on breast cancer in women because this group has the largest survivor population (over 2 million) and this disease is the most extensively studied cancer from the standpoint of psychosocial effects. The book characterizes the psychosocial consequences of a diagnosis of breast cancer, describes psychosocial services and how they are delivered, and evaluates their effectiveness. It assesses the status of professional education and training and applied clinical and health services research and proposes policies to improve the quality of care and quality of life for women with breast cancer and their families. Because cancer of the breast is likely a good model for cancer at other sites, recommendations for this cancer should be applicable to the psychosocial care provided generally to individuals with cancer. For breast cancer, and indeed probably for any cancer, the report finds that psychosocial services can provide significant benefits in quality of life and success in coping with serious and life-threatening disease for patients and their families.
Book Synopsis Cancer Stories by : David Michael Gregory
Download or read book Cancer Stories written by David Michael Gregory and published by McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP. This book was released on 1999 with total page 201 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Each of us will be touched by cancer in the course of our lifetime - as a person diagnosed with the disease or as a family member or friend who must witness its course in someone we love. For all of us, this encounter with cancer will entail an exploration of the margins of life and death. Too often, especially once the curative stage is passed, patients and their loved ones make this journey in silence and without the full support of a medical system whose chief mandate is to "win the battle" against cancer.
Book Synopsis BLOOD AND BONE by : Samsul Alam Khan
Download or read book BLOOD AND BONE written by Samsul Alam Khan and published by Notion Press. This book was released on 2020-04-25 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The terms ‘Blood’ and ‘Bone’ give a whole new purpose and meaning to a patient who gets diagnosed with Multiple Myeloma. The uncertainty that revolves around this disease right from the diagnosis phase to the treatment phase is enough to subject the patient to a whole new level of physical and mental agony. This book is a detailed account of the author’s battle with Multiple Myeloma and is written through a patient’s perspective. While a plethora of information on Multiple Myeloma is available on the internet, an account of actual experience by a Myeloma patient is difficult to find as many patients prefer not to share it with others. Although some patients do take efforts in posting their experience on various blogs, these fall short at times as the depiction fails to paint a clear picture. The author attempts to address the above issue through this book by sharing actual reports and scans during his diagnosis and treatment.
Book Synopsis Identifying and Addressing the Needs of Adolescents and Young Adults with Cancer by : National Cancer Policy Forum
Download or read book Identifying and Addressing the Needs of Adolescents and Young Adults with Cancer written by National Cancer Policy Forum and published by National Academies Press. This book was released on 2014-05-18 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Identifying and Addressing the Needs of Adolescents and Young Adults with Cancer is the summary of a workshop convened by the Institute of Medicine's National Cancer Policy Forum in July 2013 to facilitate discussion about gaps and challenges in caring for adolescent and young adult cancer patients and potential strategies and actions to improve the quality of their care. The workshop featured invited presentations from clinicians and other advocates working to improve the care and outcomes for the adolescent and young adult population with cancer. Cancer is the leading disease-related cause of death in adolescents and young adults. Each year nearly 70,000 people between the ages of 15 and 39 are diagnosed with cancer, approximately 8 times more than children under age 15. This population faces a variety of unique short- and long-term health and psychosocial issues, such as difficulty reentering school, the workforce, or the dating scene; problems with infertility; cardiac, pulmonary, or other treatment repercussions; and secondary malignancies. Survivors are also at increased risk for psychiatric conditions such as anxiety, depression, substance abuse, and suicide and may have difficulty acquiring health insurance and paying for needed care. Identifying and Addressing the Needs of Adolescents and Young Adults with Cancer discusses a variety of topics important to adolescent and young adult patients with cancer, including the ways in which cancers affecting this group differ from cancers in other age groups and what that implies about the best treatments for these cancer patients. This report identifies gaps and challenges in providing optimal care to adolescent and young adult patients with cancer and to discuss potential strategies and actions to address them.
Book Synopsis Timely Diagnosis of Colorectal Cancer by : Louise Olsson
Download or read book Timely Diagnosis of Colorectal Cancer written by Louise Olsson and published by Springer. This book was released on 2017-11-08 with total page 119 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book summarizes current knowledge and outlines directions for the future on how to improve the art of diagnosing colorectal cancer with emphasis on timeliness, one of the most vital issues in cancer management. Using a comprehensive, multi-discliplinary approach, it provides an overview of decisive factors in timely diagnosis of colorectal cancer from symptom scores and symptom awareness to technical aspects. The book starts by discussing early diagnosis from the perspective of patients, including the importance of awareness in the general population as well as psychological aspects. It then goes on to discuss issues of importance to clinicians, such as fast tracking, laboratory testing, improving technical skills and optimizing endoscopy services. In addition, more practical issues such as cost-effectiveness and auditing are also extensively discussed. By focusing on one specific but common form of cancer the content translates well across the scope of other cancer types and can be used by professionals working on different cancer types. This book provides clinicians, clinical researchers and policymakers with a comprehensive overview of the field of timeliness in diagnosing colorectal cancer. By addressing the challenges posed in the management of symptomatic patients it informs and educates the experts and could help improve diagnosis.
Book Synopsis The Breast Cancer Book by : Kenneth D. Miller
Download or read book The Breast Cancer Book written by Kenneth D. Miller and published by JHU Press. This book was released on 2021-09-28 with total page 457 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Providing comprehensive, current, and reliable information on breast cancer, this book, written by an experienced oncologist, a surgeon, and a breast cancer survivor, informs and inspires readers, wherever they are in the breast cancer experience. Patient stories, essays from medical specialists, and illustrations add clarity and insight"--
Book Synopsis The Feisty Woman's Breast Cancer Book by : Elaine Ratner
Download or read book The Feisty Woman's Breast Cancer Book written by Elaine Ratner and published by Turner Publishing Company. This book was released on 1999-08-23 with total page 233 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Breaking down the taboos associated with breast cancer and its treatment, Elaine Ratner shows that this illness does not have to be a nightmare, and that most women who contract it can take charge of their experience and come out whole. She begins her book with a list of 18 insights learned from her experience with breast cancer, including: *Surround yourself with people who make you feel good *The human body is a miraculous healing machine *Nobody really knows much about breast cancer *A breast is completely expendable In addition to offering down-to-earth advice, Ratner discusses the paternalistic attitudes of the medical establishment toward women, the exaggeration of breast cancer statistics, and the way our culture shapes women's attitudes toward their bodies.
Book Synopsis My Encounter with Cancer by : Jyoti Prakash Dash
Download or read book My Encounter with Cancer written by Jyoti Prakash Dash and published by . This book was released on 2020-11-27 with total page 190 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A simple but beautifully crafted memoir, My Encounter with Cancer takes you down the memory lane with JP. This fascinating commentary unravels the story of human courage amidst the gloom and shock, accepting the finite disappointment, but not losing infinite hope-an inspiring story on a dialogue with Life, Death and Disease. Watch this Movie of Cancer, with its twists and turns; the drama in the cancer ward, the sombre waiting faces, the worries of friends and family and the eagerness of JP in waiting for another day. You are sure to hear the echoes of the painful rhymes, so real that you can almost see, touch and smell them. You will get an additional Bonus on Tips for Foods, Alternate Therapies, and Treatment Protocol. Discover yourself while exploring how JP was re-born, ruminating on the Why of One's Life. A deeply spiritual and philosophical treatise on Life, not just on Cancer. Sure, to ignite the dormant spark in your heart and fuel your dream from the person who says, 'I can and I will'.
Download or read book Cancerland written by David Scadden and published by Thomas Dunne Books. This book was released on 2018-07-10 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An Amazon Best of the Month Book "For all the insight he offers into the hard science and thorny logistics of studying cancer, Dr. Scadden’s most moving passages consider the effect of the disease on the people who suffer from it and those who care for them." —The Wall Street Journal A doctor’s riveting story of loss and hope in the world of cancer. What is it like to encounter cancer? How does it feel to face the unknown, to enter a world of hope, loss, and dread? From the diagnosis of his childhood friend’s mother to his poignant memories in the lab, David Scadden’s seen the unknown world of cancer from the lens of a young boy, a classmate, a researcher, a friend, a doctor, and a neighbor. Scadden chronicles his personal memories of cancer – his visits to his sick neighbor and his classmate who left school and never came back. Now Dr. David Scadden, co-founder of the Harvard Stem Cell Institute and one of the world's leading experts on immunology and oncology, writes his memoir, Cancerland, with Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Michael D'Antonio. With riveting stories and moving compassion, Scadden and D’Antonio paint a still rapidly changing landscape in the context of all too common stories of loss. Ranging from Scadden’s personal childhood memories to his triumphs and regrets as a doctor, Scadden illuminates a light at the end of a dark tunnel. Through opening a window into the science of medicine in the world of the unknown, Scadden and D’Antonio humanize cancer while inspiring action that we all so desperately need.
