Jill Cooper

Occupational Therapy in Oncology 2e

Herausgegeben:Cooper, Jill

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Now in its second edition, this is the only book on occupational therapy in oncology and palliative care. It has been thoroughly updated, contains new chapters, and like the first edition will appeal to a range of allied health professionals working with patients with a life threatening illness.

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This new edition of Occupational Therapy in Oncology and Palliative Care is fully updated and contains brand new chapters on creativity as a psychodynamic approach, outcome measures in oncology and palliative Care, HIV-related cancers and palliative care.

The book explores what cancer is and the challenges faced by Occupational Therapists in oncology and palliative care. This new edition discusses the range of Occupational Therapy interventions in symptom control, anxiety management and relaxation, the management of breathlessness and fatigue and the variety of work in paediatric oncology and palliative care. It focuses on the client-centred approach of the Occupational Therapy Programme in the form of a Case Study

Occupational Therapy in Oncology and Palliative Care Second Edition is a practical text and can be used in a workbook situation as well as being evidence-based to support the professional and high standard of care, which Occupational Therapy supplies topatients in the oncology and palliative care setting.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Wiley & Sons
• Artikelnr. des Verlages: 14501962000
• 2. Aufl.
• Seitenzahl: 288
• Erscheinungstermin: 12. Mai 2006
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 15mm
• Gewicht: 415g
• ISBN-13: 9780470019627
• ISBN-10: 047001962X
• Artikelnr.: 20802537

Autorenporträt

Gwen Cooper is the New York Times bestselling author of the memoirs Homer's Odyssey: A Fearless Feline Tale, or How I Learned About Love and Life with a Blind Wonder Cat; Homer: The Ninth Life of a Blind Wonder Cat; My Life in a Cat House; and Spray Anything: More True Tales of Homer and the Gang, as well as the novel Love Saves the Day (narrated from a rescue cat's perspective) and PAWSOME! Head Bonks, Raspy Tongues, and 101 Reasons Why Cats Make Us So, So Happy--among numerous other titles. Gwen's work has been published in more than two-dozen languages, and she is a frequent speaker at shelter fundraisers across the U.S. and Europe. Gwen lives in New Jersey with her husband, Laurence. She also lives with her two perfect cats--Clayton "the Tripod" and his litter-mate, Fanny--who aren't impressed with any of it.

Inhaltsangabe

List of Contributors. Foreword (Derek Doyle, MD, OBE). Preface.
Acknowledgements. Introduction. 1 What is Cancer? (Jill Cooper). 2
Challenges Faced by Occupational Therapists in Oncology and Palliative Care
(Jill Cooper). 3 Occupational Therapy Approach in Symptom Control (Jill
Cooper). 4 Occupational Therapy in Anxiety Management and Relaxation (Jill
Cooper). 5 Occupational Therapy in the Management of Breathlessness (Jill
Cooper). 6 Occupational Therapy and Cancer-Related Fatigue (Daniel Lowrie).
7 Client-centred Approach of Occupational Therapy Programme - Case Study
(Gemma Lindsell). 8 Occupational Therapy in Paediatric Oncology and
Palliative Care (Claire Tester). 9 Occupational Therapy in HIV-related
Cancers and Palliative Care (Will Chegwidden and Camilla Hawkins). 10
Occupational Therapy in Neuro-oncology (Helen Barrett and Julie Watterson).
11 Occupational Therapy in Hospices and Day Care (Anne Bostock, Shelley
Ellis, Sara Mathewson and Lilias Methven). 12 The Use of Creativity as a
Psychodynamic Activity (Kathryn Boog). 13 Measuring Occupational Therapy
Outcomes in Cancer and Palliative Care (Gail Eva). Appendices. Glossary.
Glossary-Abbreviations. Index.