Cancer Nursing: Principles And Practice

The Sixth Edition of Cancer Nursing: Principles and Practice continues to present the most comprehensive information on oncology nursing from leading cancer nursing experts. The considerable progress in the science of oncology and oncology nursing has necessitated extensive revisions in this edition, which has been updated to include emerging new therapies, new treatment modalities, the latest results in clinical trials, updates on new chemotherapeutic agents and targeted therapies, and new perspectives on supportive care. The updated, revised Sixth Edition includes new chapters on the following topics: Screening and Detection for asymptomatic individuals Hematopoietic growth factors Complementary and alternative therapies Distress Symptoms Cancer Survivorship Principles, models, history, and issues of end of life and palliative care Delivery of comfort care Legal issues in cancer nursing