Quality of Life Among Cancer Survivors

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xvi

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2. Theoretical Perspectives

   • Tanya R. Fitzpatrick

   Pages 1-5

3. Play, Leisure Activities, Cognitive Health, and Quality of Life Among Older Cancer Survivors

   • Tanya R. Fitzpatrick

   Pages 7-22

4. The Influence of Acculturation and Health-Related Quality of Life Among Chinese Elderly Cancer Survivors

   • Yasi Xiao, Tanya R. Fitzpatrick

   Pages 23-48

5. Ethical Issues in Cancer Patients

   • Robert D. Orr

   Pages 49-66

6. Genetic Mutations in Cancer Susceptibility Genes: A Family History of Cancer

   • Janice L. Berliner, Megan Harlan Fleischut

   Pages 67-85

7. Quality of Life Among Patients With Tongue Cancer: Primary Closure Versus Free Flap Reconstruction

   • Feras Al Halabi

   Pages 87-108

8. Psychosocial Considerations for Cancer Patients in a Pediatric Intensive Care Unit at a Large, Freestanding Children’s Hospital

   • Mara L. Leimanis, Sandra K. Zuiderveen

   Pages 109-124

9. The Impact of Childhood Cancer on the Quality of Life Among Healthy Siblings

   • Michelle Le, Tanya R. Fitzpatrick

   Pages 125-142

10. The Effect of Physical Activity on Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder Among Parents of Pediatric Cancer Survivors

    • Veronique Huot, Tanya R. Fitzpatrick

    Pages 143-154

11. Theoretical Perspectives of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder and Quality of Life Among Young Adult Survivors of Childhood Cancer

    • Fatima Boulmalf, Tanya R. Fitzpatrick

    Pages 155-168

12. Family Functioning and Therapeutic Interventions When a Parent Has Cancer

    • Andréa Maria Laizner

    Pages 169-182

13. When Cancer Returns: Survivors, Caregivers, and the Family System

    • Suzanne Young Bushfield

    Pages 183-192

14. Experiencing Cancer Services: A Personal Story of Survival

    • Jack Phelan

    Pages 193-201

15. Back Matter

    Pages 203-207

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This multidisciplinary reference explores the concepts and realities of quality of life among cancer survivors in its physical, psychological, cognitive, social, and familial dimensions. Informed by a broad range of fields including genetics, psychiatry, nursing, dentistry, rehabilitation, and ethics, it addresses daily challenges of living for this population, from self-care to cultural concerns and from social interactions to experiences with providers. Family issues of pediatric, young adult, and elder survivors, caregiving parents, and siblings are a major area of concern. And contributors describe interventions for survivors as individuals, in family content, and as part of integrated care across primary and specialty settings.

 Included among the topics:

•      Play, leisure activities, and cognitive health among older cancer survivors.
  
•         Genetic mutations in cancer susceptibilitygenes: a family history of cancer.
  
•         Cancer patients in a pediatric intensive care unit: a single center experience.
  
•         The impact of childhood cancer on the quality of life among healthy siblings.
  
•         When cancer returns: family caregivers and the hospice team.
  
•         Experiencing cancer services: a story of survival and dissatisfaction.
  

 A significant addition to the cancer survivorship literature, Quality of Life Among Cancer Survivors is a practice-building resource for oncology and allied health professionals, health psychologists, and social workers, as well as researchers in these fields.

• cancer and quality of life
• conducting research with cancer survivors
• cancer survivorship challenges
• health-related quality of life
• social aspects of cancer survivorships
• psychological aspects of cancer survivorship
• ethical aspects of cancer survivorship
• cancer survivorship and sibling relationships
• cancer survivorship and families
• cancer survivorship, recreation and leisure
• cancer survivorship and cognitive health
• pediatric cancer survivors
• elderly cancer survivors
• Chinese cancer survivors
• impact of childhood cancer on healthy family members
• physical activity among cancer survivors
• fathers of children with cancer
• post cancer services and hospice
• cancer and family caregivers
• ethnicity and acculturation of cancer survivors

“This book focuses on many relevant aspects including survivorship issues in both younger and older patients, the perspective of family members, concerns around tumour recurrence, and ethical considerations around cancer treatment. In this sense, this textbook has adopted a holistic view of survivorship care. … this accessible textbook offers a good overview for those interested in working with cancer survivors.” (Florien Boele, British Journal of Hospital Medicine, Vol. 79 (9), September, 2018)

• Department of Social Work, Arizona State University, Westmount, Canada

  Tanya R. Fitzpatrick

Tanya Fitzpatrick, Ph.D., MSW, RN received her doctoral degree in social work from Boston College in 1992 and completed post-doctoral studies through Boston University focusing on issues relating to health and social outcomes among older adults. She is the director of research at Hope & Cope (H&C), the Jewish General Hospital (JGH), with an appointment at McGill University. Prior to her employment at McGill, she was an associate professor from 2000 until 2008, and is professor emeritus from Arizona State University, Department of Social Work, with a background in nursing, social work, and gerontology. She is a member of the Gerontological Society of America, Society for Social Work Research, National Association of Social Workers, Canadian Association of Psychosocial Oncology, and American Society on Aging.

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