Buch, Englisch, 395 Seiten, Paperback, Format (B × H): 155 mm x 235 mm, Gewicht: 633 g
Practice, Policy and Research
Buch, Englisch, 395 Seiten, Paperback, Format (B × H): 155 mm x 235 mm, Gewicht: 633 g
ISBN: 978-1-4899-9347-2
Verlag: Springer
Reporting of symptoms to health care providers is a complex, multi-determined problem influenced not only by the pathophysiology but also, as we have learned over the years through pain research, by societal, cultural, and biobehavioral factors. This book will consider this important aspect of follow-up for millions of cancer survivors because of the strong reliance on symptom reporting for clinical decision making. In order for us to generate meaningful and effective treatment, we need to better understand the symptom experience in cancer survivors. This book provides much information that will assist us to better understand and manage this complicated end point. The presenting problems need to be articulated and “conceptualized” as clearly as possible by both parties so appropriate actions can be taken. Since health care costs are a major concern for patients, payers, and providers, this area will also be addressed in all the relevant sections.
In taking an interdisciplinary perspective, this book illustrates the importance of a team approach to the improvement of health care and associated health, well-being, and functioning in cancer survivors. The 17 chapters cover critical topics of which physicians and providers of all types must be aware in order to provide the most comprehensive and responsive care for cancer survivors. All of the clinical care chapters include case studies to illustrate the real-world application of these approaches in cancer survivors. Information about sources of referral both within and outside the traditional health care communities will be provided in tabular form. There is no other text that provides both an overview of the problems and their challenges, case illustrations of direct application, and the reality of reimbursement for such care. The editors hope that there may be no need for the clinician or the survivor to adapt to a “new normal” if the presenting problems are understood and handled from an interdisciplinary perspective as outlined here.
Zielgruppe
Research
Autoren/Hrsg.
Fachgebiete
- Medizin | Veterinärmedizin Medizin | Public Health | Pharmazie | Zahnmedizin Medizin, Gesundheitswesen Präventivmedizin, Gesundheitsförderung, Medizinisches Screening
- Sozialwissenschaften Psychologie Psychologische Disziplinen Gesundheitspsychologie
- Medizin | Veterinärmedizin Medizin | Public Health | Pharmazie | Zahnmedizin Klinische und Innere Medizin Onkologie, Krebsforschung
- Medizin | Veterinärmedizin Medizin | Public Health | Pharmazie | Zahnmedizin Medizin, Gesundheitswesen Public Health, Gesundheitsmanagement, Gesundheitsökonomie, Gesundheitspolitik
Weitere Infos & Material
Part 1. Current Concerns.- Specific challenges in optimizing the health care of survivors.- Providers’ and cancer survivors’ concerns about health care.- Epidemiology of recurrent and new cancers.- Symptoms over time: What is their role in surveillance?- Access to care among cancer survivors.- Symptoms among cancer survivors: Biobehavioral mechanisms and current health care response.- Part 2. Clinical Management.- General health.- Targeting provider-survivor communication.- Oncologic health.- Health behaviors: General strategies (diet, weight loss, exercise, stress).- Behavioral health.- Functional outcomes.- Self-management.- The cancer survivorship clinic.- The cancer survivorship plan.- Part 3. Current Needs and Future Directions.- What works, and what should be stepped up?- Future challenges and potential solutions.