The needs of cancer patients and their families are complex. Yet still more complex are the powerful social and cultural forces that shape the delivery of cancer care, and the way in which it experienced. Cancer Nursing: Care in Context addresses this by adopting a unique approach that situates cancer care in the context of society s attitudes to the disease, and the broader every-day needs of both patients and their carers. By combining evidenced-based information, a critical view of care and treatment, and first-hand accounts of having cancer and caring for people with cancer, the book provides a new perspective how best to deliver the care that patients truly require. This second edition includes new chapters on prevention, diagnosis, symptoms, self-help and self-management, and living with cancer long-term. It also: Addresses significant changes in cancer care, including expansion of nursing roles, the establishment of cancer networks and cancer collaborative projects Considers NICE guidance on Supportive and Palliative care Incorporates material on prevention and early detection Includes evidence tables based on relevant literature Cancer Nursing: Care in Context is an invaluable resource for all those involved in the provision of cancer care and support to patients and their families.

The needs of cancer patients and their families are complex. Yetstill more complex are the powerful social and cultural forces thatshape the delivery of cancer care, and the way in which itexperienced. Cancer Nursing: Care in Context addresses this byadopting a unique approach that situates cancer care in the contextof society's attitudes to the disease, and the broaderevery-day needs of both patients and their carers. By combiningevidenced-based information, a critical view of care and treatmentand 'first-hand accounts' of having cancer and caringfor people with cancer, the book provides a new perspective howbest to deliver the care that patients truly require.This second edition includes new chapters on preventiondiagnosis, symptoms, self-help and self-management, and living withcancer long-term. It also:* Addresses significant changes in cancer care, includingexpansion of nursing roles, the establishment of cancer networksand cancer collaborative projects* Considers NICE guidance on Supportive and Palliativecare* Incorporates material on prevention and earlydetection* Includes evidence tables based on relevant literatureCancer Nursing: Care in Context is an invaluable resource forall those involved in the provision of cancer care and support topatients and their families.

Foreword .Preface .Contributors.Part 1: Cancer, Care, and Society .1. What is cancer? Jessica Corner .2.Knowledge and caring: a philosophical and personal perspectiveAlan Cribb .3. Cancer, care, and society Christopher Bailey .4. Cancer epidemiology Elizabeth Davies and Vivian Mak.5.Developments in the management of cancer Alastair Munro.Part 2: The Experience of Cancer .Introduction.6. The impact of cancer Mary Wells .7.The impact of cancer on the family Hilary Plant .8. The impact of cancer on health care professionals AnneLanceley .9. Therapeutic strategies in cancer care Anne Lanceley.Part 3: The Experience of Treatment .Introduction.10. The experience of treatment Lynne Colbourne .11. Surgery Stephen O'Connor .12.Chemotherapy Lisa Dougherty and Christopher Bailey.13. Radiotherapy Sara Faithfull .14. Endocrine therapies Deborah Fenlon .15. Complementary and alternative therapies CarolineHoffman .16. Hereditary cancer Audrey Ardern-Jones, Sarah ThomasRebecca Doherty,.and Rosalind Eeles .Part 4: The Management of Cancer-related Problems .Introduction.17. Pain Meinir Krishnasamy .18. Nausea and vomiting Meinir Krishnasamy .19. Fatigue Meinir Krishnasamy .20. Breathlessness Christopher Bailey .21. Wound management Meinir Krishnasamy .22. Lymphoedema Anne Williams .23. Malignant ascites Nancy Preston .24. Bone marrow suppression: neutropenia andthrombocytopenia.Ruth Dunleavey .25. Change in eating habits Jane Hopkinson .26. Sexuality and cancer Isabel White .27. Anxiety and depression Annabel Pollard and MeinirKrishnasamy .28. Delirium Meinir Krishnasamy .29. Acute events in cancer Stephen O'Connor .Part 5: Needs and Priorities in Cancer Care .Introduction.30. The needs of children and adolescents Fay Scullion andJenny Thompson .31. The needs of older people Christopher Bailey .32. Ethnicity, difference, and care Yasmin Gunaratnum.33. Living with cancer long term: the implications of survivalDavid Wright .34. Self-management and self-help Claire Foster .35. User involvement in cancer services David Wright andJenny Walton .36. Palliative care and cancer Sheila Payne .37. Research and cancer care Jessica Corner .Index