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Psychosocial Aspects and Clinical Interventions Shulamith Kreitler, Myriam Weyl Ben-Arush, Andrés Martin ... Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA Melissa A. Alderfer, PhD Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, The Children's Hospital of ...
This book features contributions from experts designed to help clinicians review, anticipate and respond to emotional issues that often arise in the context of treating pediatric cancer patients.
The book also addresses the burgeoning fields of social media, complementary therapies, palliative care, and survivorship. Among the variety of useful resources supplied are assessment tools, websites, and additional reading materials.
Psychosocial interventions with pediatric cancer patients and their families are guided by an increasingly sophisticated body of research findings that enhance their quality of life.
The past decade has brought extraordinary gains in the outlook for children stricken with cancer.
... Bonnie Strickland at the Health Resources and Services Administration, Department of Health and Human Services; Thomas B. Strouse, MD, FAPM, DFAPA, at the Samuel Oschin Comprehensive Cancer Institute, Cedars Sinai Medical Center; ...
Chepuri NB, Strouse PJ, Yanik GA. CT of renal lymphoma in children. Am J Roentgenol 2003;180:429–431. Durno CA, Gallinger S. Genetic predisposition to colorectal cancer: new pieces in the pediatric puzzle. J Pediatr Gastroenterol Nutr ...
This book addresses the unmet needs of the medical community in dealing with the psychological problems, particularly anxiety and depression, of patients diagnosed with cancer.
Psychological Aspects of Childhood Cancer
"This authoritative reference is a comprehensive resource on the biology and genetics of childhood cancer as well as its diagnosis, multimodal treatment, as well as long-term management of young patients...