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A Guide for the Mulitdisciplinary Team
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By
David Brighton, Professional Development Facilitator (eLearning & IT), Nursing, Rehabilitation & Quality Assurance / School of Cancer Nursing & Rehabilitation, The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust, Surrey, UK
Miriam Wood, The Royal Marsden Hospital, Surrey, UK
Description
This will be an invaluable resource for all levels of health and social care professionals wanting to learn or set up best practice for
adult and paediatric patients undergoing chemotherapy. It provides the user with a traditional wide-ranging text on chemotherapy from
an interdisciplinary approach. The CD-ROM includes the majority of the information from the book, with the addition of multimedia elements
to enhance the users understanding of the subject which includes approximately 25 minutes of video on important aspects such as cannulation,
giving intravenous drugs.
Contents
Cell biology, cancer & drug action. Chemotherapy protocols. Risk management & Quality Assurance. Patient information, education. & ethics.
Ethical issues. Quality of Life. Management of adult/paed. Clinical Trials. Intravenous management. Self-administration. Infection control.
Management of toxicity. Adult Palliative Chemo. Allergies & anaphylaxis. Nausea & vomiting & Antiemetics. Gastrointestinal effects. Mucositis.
Malnourishment. Leucopaenia & neutropaenia. Anaemia. Thrombocytopaenia. Alopecia. Renal effects. Electrolyte abnormalities. Skin & nail
changes. Neurological effects. Cardiac effects. Pulmonary effects. Hepatic effects. Effect on wound healing. Loss of fertility. Hormone
replacement therapy. Fatigue. Management of cancer. Solid tumours. Paediatric chemotherapy treatment. Breast cancer. Lung cancer. Gastrointestinal
tumours. Gynaecological tumours. Urological. Head & neck tumours. Skin cancer. Bone & soft tissue sarcoma. CNS tumours. Haematological
malignancy. Lymphoma. Leukaemia & Myeloma. High dose chemo/transplant.
| Bibliographic details |
Hardbound, 576 pages, publication date: SEP-2005
ISBN-13: 978-0-443-07101-0
ISBN-10: 0-443-07101-2
Imprint: CHURCHILL LIVINGSTONE
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Last update: 27 Jun 2009
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