Psychological Aspects of Cancer: A Guide to Emotional and Psychological Consequences of Cancer, Their Causes, and Their Management - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 3030857042 ISBN 13: 9783030857042

Publisher: Springer, 2023

Synopsis

This book addresses the unmet needs of the medical community in dealing with the psychological problems, particularly anxiety and depression, of patients diagnosed with cancer. Providing a scholarly review of the impact of cancer diagnosis on patients’ emotional and psychological status, as well as the evidence that psychological factors impact cancer occurrence and biological behavior, this book explores the therapeutic implications of such converse dynamics. Chapters review financial toxicity, eHealth, palliative care, mindfulness, sleep and cancer, social support and cancer, cultural diversity, pediatric and adolescent oncology, and geriatric oncology. While intended primarily for the professional readership of oncologists, psychologists, psychiatrists, social workers, and palliative care physicians, a final chapter also provides practical information on available resources for patients. 

This fully updated and expanded new edition of Psychological Aspects of Cancer: A Guide to Emotional and Psychological Consequences of Cancer, Their Causes, and Their Management provides practitioners with cutting edge knowledge as well as practical information that translates into better care for patients with cancer. 

About this title

About the Author

Jennifer Steel

Director, Center for Excellence in Behavioral Medicine

Director, Quality of Life Program for UPMC’s Liver Cancer Center

Professor of Surgery, Psychiatry, and Psychology

University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine

Department of Surgery

Pittsburgh, PA

USA

Brian I. Carr 

Professor, Team Leader in Translational HCC Research

Liver Transplantation Institute

Inonu University, Malatya

Turkey

From the Back Cover

This book addresses the unmet needs of the medical community in dealing with the psychological problems, particularly anxiety and depression, of patients diagnosed with cancer. Providing a scholarly review of the impact of cancer diagnosis on patients’ emotional and psychological status, as well as the evidence that psychological factors impact cancer occurrence and biological behavior, this book explores the therapeutic implications of such converse dynamics. Chapters review financial toxicity, eHealth, palliative care, mindfulness, sleep and cancer, social support and cancer, cultural diversity, pediatric and adolescent oncology, and geriatric oncology. While intended primarily for the professional readership of oncologists, psychologists, psychiatrists, social workers, and palliative care physicians, a final chapter also provides practical information on available resources for patients. 

This fully updated and expanded new edition of Psychological Aspects of Cancer: A Guide to Emotional and Psychological Consequences of Cancer, Their Causes, and Their Management provides practitioners with cutting edge knowledge as well as practical information that translates into better care for patients with cancer. 

Edition details

• Publisher: Springer
• Publication date: 2023
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 3030857042
• ISBN 13: 9783030857042
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 489
• Editor: Steel Jennifer L., Carr Brian I.