Body image care for cancer patients : principles and practices /
Body image care for cancer patients : principles and practices /
edited by Michelle Cororve Fingeret, PhD, FAPOS (Owner, Fingeret Psychology Services, Houston, Texas), Irene Teo, PhD (Assistant Professor, Duke-NUS Medical School, Clinical Psychologist, National Cancer Centre Singapore, Singapore).
- xi, 402 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm
Includes bibliographical references and index.
This book is the first and only academic textbook of principles and practices of body image care for cancer patients, designed to target a multidisciplinary audience of healthcare care professionals engaged in the science and/or practice of psychosocial oncology internationally. Content is primarily geared toward mental health professionals or those involved in supportive care of cancer patients, but is broadly applicable to all members of the oncologic healthcare team. Best practices and models of body image care are reviewed and presented in such a manner as to be directly relevant to oncologists, psychiatrists, psychologists, nurses, social workers, rehabilitation specialists, speech and language pathologists, and other allied healthcare professionals.
Audience: Health care professional
9780190655617 (hardback)
9780190877897 Oxford
2018023169
GBB8G6436 bnb
101727256 DNLM 019038882 Uk
Cancer--Treatment--Psychological aspects
Body image
Body dysmorphic disorder--Treatment.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
This book is the first and only academic textbook of principles and practices of body image care for cancer patients, designed to target a multidisciplinary audience of healthcare care professionals engaged in the science and/or practice of psychosocial oncology internationally. Content is primarily geared toward mental health professionals or those involved in supportive care of cancer patients, but is broadly applicable to all members of the oncologic healthcare team. Best practices and models of body image care are reviewed and presented in such a manner as to be directly relevant to oncologists, psychiatrists, psychologists, nurses, social workers, rehabilitation specialists, speech and language pathologists, and other allied healthcare professionals.
Audience: Health care professional
9780190655617 (hardback)
9780190877897 Oxford
2018023169
GBB8G6436 bnb
101727256 DNLM 019038882 Uk
Cancer--Treatment--Psychological aspects
Body image
Body dysmorphic disorder--Treatment.