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

• Other Authors: Fitch, Margaret (Editor)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: Basel MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute 2023
• Subjects: 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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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 de...