By Cordelia Galgut, Simon Crompton, Heidrun Pundt, Anna-Barbara Rüegsegger Survive and cope with long-term consequences of cancer. Around 492,000 Germans are diagnosed for the first time annually. 64% of those affected live after five years and are referred to as “Cancer Survivors”. This book is dedicated to them, authored by the psychologist Cordelia Galgut, who is himself suffering from breast cancer and consulting. She • clears with the “lucky to survival myth? and shows that not all affected people are getting better after therapy and recovery. Gives all people suffering from cancer and cancer recovered a voice that is reflected in their suffering from the common stories about “Cancer Survivors? feeling negated and small talked • It describes physical and psychological side effects as well as long-term consequences of tumour diseases for relationships and work and how affected people cope with them • shows how health professionals can support those affected by means of examples of sufferers and statements from carers and doctors how health professionals can support those affected • builds bridges for friends and relatives to The affeaffected To be able to speak openly about their situation • helps to alleviate the lives of people with cancer and their suffering from the late consequences. The German edition is supplemented by contributions from oncological specialists who describe the role of care in Cancer Survivors and show how care professionals affect symptom management of fatigue, anxiety, cognitive and bone loss, lymphedema, powerlessness and hopelessness, neuropathies, recurrences, Sexuality, sleepsleep, disorders, pain and wounds.
Product Details
Publisher : Hogrefe AG (7 Feb. 2022)
Language : German
ISBN-10 : 3456861354
ISBN-13 : 978-3456861357
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