Manual of Cancer Treatment Recovery: What the Practitioner Needs to Know and Do - Couverture souple

Fleishman, Stewart

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1936287315 ISBN 13 : 9781936287314

Editeur : Demos Medical Publishing, 2011

Synopsis

"Manual of Cancer Treatment Recovery" guides the practitioner to understanding the issues involved in the care of cancer survivors. "Manual of Cancer Treatment Recovery" teaches the practitioner how to guide patients and families in setting up and using a recovery plan; how to coordinate with other clinicians involved in the patient's management; and how to develop a directed survivorship program in their practice. Divided into three sections the book covers what one needs to know about survivorship, how to implement effective survivorship care, and how to work with patients utilizing the LEARN System (Living, Education, Activity, Rest, Nutrition), Dr. Fleishman developed. An appendix includes worksheet templates for the provider to give the patient to help in organizing and understanding the recovery plan. It offers practical guidance to development of a directed cancer survivorship program in your practice by a recognized expert in this area. It offers coordination of practitioner with other specialists and primary care providers. It offers guidance for patients with stable or progressive disease and also addresses issues in end of life care as part of the care trajectory. It is a brief, easy to use guide for the practitioner for the management of the recovering cancer patient.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Stewart Fleishman, MD is the former Director of Cancer Supportive Services at the Continuum Cancer Centers of New York and the Associate Chief Medical Officer of Continuum Hospice Care-Jacob Perlow Hospice. He was actively involved in research focused on quality of life and symptom control in people with cancer, and serves on national committees dedicated to this work. Originally specializing in psychiatry, Dr. Fleishman's practice was focused on pain management, symptom control and palliative care. He is Board Certified in both Hospice and Palliative Medicine and Psychiatry/Neurology.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Demos Medical Publishing
• Date d'édition: 2011
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1936287315
• ISBN 13: 9781936287314
• Reliure: Broché
• Numéro d'édition: 1
• Nombre de pages: 256
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible