Cancer Nursing: A Comprehensive Textbook - Hardcover

Based on current theory, research, and clinical practice standards, the second edition of this AJN Book of the Year presents multidisciplinary coverage of every aspect of cancer nursing from experts in nursing, communications, education, medicine, and other fields.

Presenting a multidisciplinary approach to cancer nursing, this edition includes new chapters on: cultural systems related to cancer; the burden of the caregiver; the principles of immunology; gene therapy; the physiological aspects of pain; pain assessment; pain management; confusion; current cancer nursing research; rehabilitation services; and the legal responsibility of the nurse. There is also a new unit on nurses' personal experience with cancer, which covers areas such as managing cervical dysplasia, surviving breast cancer, living with the consequences of a spouse's cancer, and recovering from the loss of a spouse.