Overview

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. The book will provide the user with a traditional wide-ranging text on chemotherapy from an interdisciplinary approach. The CD-ROM will include the majority of the information from the book, with the addition of multimedia elements to enhance the users understanding of the subject - this will be approx. 25 minutes of video on important aspects such as cannulation, giving intravenous drugs.

Full Product Details

Author:   David Brighton ,  Miriam Wood
Publisher:   Elsevier Health Sciences
Imprint:   Churchill Livingstone
Dimensions:   Width: 24.60cm , Height: 3.00cm , Length: 18.90cm
Weight:   1.000kg
ISBN:  

9780443071010

ISBN 10:   0443071012
Pages:   576
Publication Date:   03 October 2005
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Out of Print
Availability:   Out of stock  

Table of 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.

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Nursing Standard, March 2006; Vol 20 No 26;Sheila Cunningham;<br><br>The key strength of this book is that it is comprehensive.

Nursing Standard, March 2006; Vol 20 No 26;Sheila Cunningham; <br>The key strength of this book is that it is comprehensive.

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