Mental Health and Nursing Care of Individuals with Cancer and Their Families

• Outros Autores: Fitch, Margaret (Editor)
• Formato: Recurso Electrónico Capítulo de Livro
• Idioma: inglês
• Publicado em: Basel MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute 2023
• Assuntos: Medicine; Latinx; family; meaning; communication; coping with advanced cancer; delirium; liaison nurse; misrecognition of delirium; coordination; breast cancer; psychological distress; quality of life; women's health; qualitative study; cancer care; older adults; mental health; feeling safe; home-dwelling; patients with terminal cancer; caregivers; competency in anticipatory grief counseling; emotional care; person-centered care; qualitative research; anxiety; depression; family involvement; hepatocellular carcinoma; palliative care; cancer; decision-making; nurse; caregiving self-efficacy; family caregiver; oral cancer; oncology; nursing; clinical nurse specialists; cancer patients; expanding nurses' authority; professionalization; policy; education
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Resumo

This collection of articles provides insight into the mental health and nursing care of individuals who are confronting a life-threatening illness. As individuals face a cancer diagnosis, there will be many challenges and changes in their lives. Emotional distress can emerge to greater and lesser degrees. Frequently, these individuals will require additional assistance to cope with the emotional distress they experience. Nurses have an important role in assessing this emotional distress and providing relevant interventions.

Descrição Física

1 electronic resource (138 p.)

ISBN

books978-3-0365-9666-2
9783036596679
9783036596662

Acesso

Open Access