Breast Cancer Nursing
In recent years, an expanding body of research evidence has begun to high light the value of nursing care. This evidence confirms what nurses have known for many years - that nursing care helps more patients to get better quicker. Patients value nurses as those members of the health care team that...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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New York, NY
Springer US
1996, 1996
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| Edition: | 1st ed. 1996 |
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| Collection: | Springer Book Archives -2004 - Collection details see MPG.ReNa |
Table of Contents:
- 1 Introduction
- 2 Psychological aspects of breast cancer
- 3 Rehabilitation as an integral part of cancer care
- 4 Screening for breast cancer
- 5 Surgery for breast cancer
- 6 Radiotherapy for breast cancer
- 7 Chemotherapy for breast cancer
- 8 Endocrine therapies for breast cancer
- 9 Breast reconstruction
- 10 Prosthetics
- 11 Diet and breast cancer
- 12 The nursing management of malignant fungating breast lesions
- 13 Physiotherapy and breast cancer
- 14 The management of lymphoedema
- 15 Sexuality and breast cancer
- Appendix A: Useful addresses
- Appendix B: Companies currently supplying external silicone prostheses and mastectomy clothing