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Breast Cancer Nursing

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  • © 1996

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  1. Sylvia Denton
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Table of contents (15 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-x
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  2. Introduction

    • Sylvia Denton
    Pages 1-14

  3. Psychological aspects of breast cancer

    • Ann Tait
    Pages 15-45

  4. Rehabilitation as an integral part of cancer care

    • Richard Wells
    Pages 46-53

  5. Screening for breast cancer

    • Trish Cotton
    Pages 54-64

  6. Surgery for breast cancer

    • Nicky West, Heather Brown
    Pages 65-76

  7. Radiotherapy for breast cancer

    • Gill Oliver
    Pages 77-94

  8. Chemotherapy for breast cancer

    • Trish Cotton
    Pages 95-103

  9. Endocrine therapies for breast cancer

    • Deborah Fenlon
    Pages 104-123

  10. Breast reconstruction

    • Joanna M. Parker
    Pages 124-147

  11. Prosthetics

    • Joanna M. Parker
    Pages 148-157

  12. Diet and breast cancer

    • Maureen Hunter, Clare Shaw
    Pages 158-169

  13. The nursing management of malignant fungating breast lesions

    • Kate Gowshall
    Pages 170-185

  14. Physiotherapy and breast cancer

    • Clare Sleigh
    Pages 186-203

  15. The management of lymphoedema

    • Caroline Badger
    Pages 204-215

  16. Sexuality and breast cancer

    • Annie Topping
    Pages 216-233

  17. Back Matter

    Pages 234-245
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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 make them feel 'human' and ensure that their treatment is not more of an ordeal than their illness. The research also shows that nursing care is value for money. For the 29000 women who are diagnosed with breast cancer annuaIly, the value of nursing is self evident. Every woman should have access to the care, expertise and support of a breast care nurse. Nursing care is changing. Patients are rightly more informed about different treatment options and more assertive in seeking high quality services. They are much more likely to be aware that breast care nurses have a special service to offer and they are very likely to want help and support at horne as weIl as or instead of in hospital., The outreach work of breast care nurses provides a model for many other patient services where people need continuous support from before diagnosis, through diagnosis, surgery or treatment, to after care, rehabilitation and monitoring.

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Breast Cancer Nursing

  • Editors: Sylvia Denton

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4899-3388-1

  • Publisher: Springer New York, NY

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media Dordrecht 1996

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-0-412-41200-4Published: 01 January 1996

  • eBook ISBN: 978-1-4899-3388-1Published: 11 November 2013

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: X, 245

  • Number of Illustrations: 42 b/w illustrations

  • Topics: Nursing, Cancer Research

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