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Children with cancer : the quality of life

Author: Christine Eiser
Publisher: Mahwah, N.J. : Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, Publishers, ©2004.
Edition/Format:   Book : EnglishView all editions and formats
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Material Type: Internet resource
Document Type: Book, Internet Resource
All Authors / Contributors: Christine Eiser
ISBN: 080583544X 9780805835441
OCLC Number: 52962850
Description: xviii, 344 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Contents: Quantity and Quality in Survival --
The Good News --
The Bad News --
Research and Clinical Practice --
Implications for Multidisciplinary Work --
The Holistic Care of the Child --
Pediatric Oncology: A Medical Overview --
Chronic Conditions Affecting Children --
Characteristics of Cancer --
Incidence --
Causes --
Prognosis --
Diagnosis --
Treatment --
Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia --
The Long Term --
Relapse --
Palliative Care --
Improvements in Treatment and Survival --
Introduction of New Treatments --
Centralization of Care --
Improved Supportive Care --
A History of Psychosocial Care --
Themes From the Past --
1950-1970 --
1970-1990 --
1990 Onward --
Questions for the Future --
Theory and Method --
Quality of Survival --
Theory --
The Disability-Stress-Coping Model --
Appraisal Models --
Monitoring-Blunting Models --
Cognitive Processing Theories --
Distinctions Between Theoretical and Applied Research --
Measuring Quality of Survival --
Psychosocial Adjustment --
Depression --
Anxiety --
Self-Esteem --
Body Image --
Coping --
Children on Treatment --
Effects of Chronic Illness on the Child --
Children Are Not Little Adults --
Infants --
Children --
Adolescents --
Young Adults --
Telling the Child --
Children's Knowledge of Cancer --
Children's Understanding of Illness --
The Psychoanalytic Approach --
Cognitive Approaches --
The Role of Experience --
Applications to Children With Cancer --
Criticisms of the Cognitive Stage Approach --
Intuitive Theories --
The Concept of Life.
Responsibility: Christine Eiser.
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