Handbook of Long Term Care of The Childhood Cancer Survivor
This authoritative reference examines in depth the myriad challenges facing pediatric cancer survivors and proposes a robust framework for structured follow-up of these patients through adulthood. Approaches to long-term follow-up include both established models of care and targeted models of lifelong surveillance of late effects by bodily systems and neurological outcomes. Sections devoted to quality of life and re-entry after treatment focus on key concerns such as health risk behaviors, school and career issues, psychological challenges, and care disparities. And a robust resources section adds extra usefulness to the expert coverage. Among the Handbook's topics: Developmental considerations in the transition from child and adolescent to adult survivorship. Long-term follow-up roadmaps by disease and treatment. Neuropsychological effects of pediatric brain tumors and associated treatment. Building resiliency in childhood cancer survivors: a clinicianas perspective. School issues and educational strategies for survivors of childhood cancer. Educating and preparing the childhood cancer survivor for long-term care: a curriculum model for cancer centers. A work of rare scope, scholarship, and clinical acumen, the Handbook of Long-Term Care of the Childhood Cancer Survivor is a rewarding, practice-building resource essential to a wide range of healing professionals, including pri mary care physicians, pediatricians, oncologists, nurses, psychologists, neuropsychologists, child psychologists, and licensed therapists.D. Lucile Packard Childrena#39;s Hospital at Stanford Childrena#39;s Health, Palo Alto, CA , USA Mary English, P.N.P. CHOC ... FL, USA David R. Freyer, D.O., M.S. Division of Hematology/Oncology, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, anbsp;...
| Title | : | Handbook of Long Term Care of The Childhood Cancer Survivor |
| Author | : | Grace A. Mucci, Lilibeth R. Torno |
| Publisher | : | Springer - 2015-07-20 |
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