Prostate Cancer : Nursing Assessment, Management, and Care /

Prostate Cancer : Nursing Assessment, Management, and Care / Meredith Wallace, Lorrie L. Powel, editors. - New York : Springer, ©2002. - 1 online resource (x, 224 pages) : illustrations - Springer series on geriatric nursing . - Springer series on geriatric nursing. .

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Prostate cancer : the nature of the problem / Prostate cancer : risk factors and prevention / Assessment, screening and diagnosis of prostate cancer / Treatment choices and the decision-making process / Quality of life with prostate cancer / Nursing care for radical prostatectomy / Nursing care for radiation treatment / Hormone therapy / Watchful waiting-managing prostate cancer as a chronic disease / Prevalent issues in patient education / End of life care / Meredith Wallace and Lorrie L. Powel -- Joannie Meehan -- Eun-Hyun Lee -- Maureen E. O'Rourke -- Lorrie L. Powel and Meredith Wallace -- Penny Marschke -- Vanna M. Dest -- Dorothy A. Calabrese -- Meredith Wallace -- Vanna M. Dest and Meredith Wallace -- Susan Derby and Diane B. Loseth.

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Prostate cancer is the most common form of cancer in American adult males. The content of this book, developed by clinical nurse experts, provides information on the state-of-the-art care of men with prostate cancer. Readers will gain a thorough understanding of symptoms, diagnostic methods, treatment options, and psychosocial effects of this disease. A major focus of the book is on quality of life and the nurses' role in improving this through teaching patients and their families how to manage common symptoms and side effects such as urinary and sexual problems.


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Prostate--Cancer--Nursing.
Nursing diagnosis.
Nursing assessment.
Prostatic Neoplasms--nursing
Nursing Assessment
Nursing Diagnosis
Prostate--Cancer--Soins infirmiers.
Diagnostics infirmiers.
MEDICAL--Oncology.
HEALTH & FITNESS--Diseases--Cancer.
Prostate--Cancer--Nursing.


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2002 G-591 WJ 752 / P9655347 2002

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