Tele-oncology
This book explains how telemedicine can offer solutions capable of improving the care and survival rates of cancer patients and can also help patients to live a normal life in spite of their condition. Different fields of application – community, hospital, and home based – are examined, and detailed...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Cham
Springer International Publishing
2015, 2015
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| Edition: | 1st ed. 2015 |
| Series: | TELe-Health
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| Collection: | Springer eBooks 2005- - Collection details see MPG.ReNa |
Table of Contents:
- 1 Introduction
- 2 Overview and Background
- PART I – Fields of application 3 The community: Early diagnosis and prevention
- 4 The hospital: Improving hospital care for people with cancer
- 5 Home-based care for a better quality of life: Treatment, monitoring and follow-up
- PART II – Technical Issues 6 New technologies and new frontiers
- 7 The social web
- PART III – Complex Scenarios and Special Settings
- 8 Rural and extreme rural settings
- 9 Tele-oncology in developing countries
- PART IV – eLearning 10 Education and distant learning
- 11 Health education to improve prevention
- 12 Conclusions