Royal Marsden Hospital Handbook of Cancer Chemotherapy
A Guide for the Multidisciplinary Team
- 1st Edition - September 14, 2005
- Latest edition
- Authors: David Brighton, Miriam Wood
- Language: English
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Description
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.
Key features
Key features
- Content will cover adult and paediatric care
- Well illustrated
- Video to illustrate techniques
Readership
Readership
All healthcare workers who have contact with cancer chemotherapy patients.
All working within oncology : Hospital and community nurses, junior doctors, physios, clinical nurse specialists, dieticians, rehab therapists, dentists.
also those in the tertiary sector e.g. nursing students and radiography therapeutic students for post-reg diplomas, degrees or masters course in cancer nursing; also library copies.
All working within oncology : Hospital and community nurses, junior doctors, physios, clinical nurse specialists, dieticians, rehab therapists, dentists.
also those in the tertiary sector e.g. nursing students and radiography therapeutic students for post-reg diplomas, degrees or masters course in cancer nursing; also library copies.
Table of contents
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.
Review quotes
Review quotes
Nursing Standard, March 2006; Vol 20 No 26;Sheila Cunningham;
The key strength of this book is that it is comprehensive.
The key strength of this book is that it is comprehensive.
Product details
Product details
- Edition: 1
- Latest edition
- Published: October 3, 2005
- Language: English
About the authors
About the authors
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David Brighton
Affiliations and expertise
Professional Development Facilitator (eLearning & IT), Nursing, Rehabilitation & Quality Assurance / School of Cancer Nursing & Rehabilitation, The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust, Surrey, UKMW
Miriam Wood
Affiliations and expertise
The Royal Marsden Hospital, Surrey, UK