Breast Cancer

by Andrew Clark, Lesley Fallowfield

Overview

For many women breast cancer is one of the most distressing of all diseases. Breast Cancer examines the effects of the disease through all stages of diagnosis and treatment. Making extensive use of verbatim accounts by women of their experiences, it intersperses these with relevant findings and theories from recent scientific research. The book's emphasis on the psychosocial impact of the disease and its treatment will help all those who care for breast cancer patients to understand the distress involved and the means of alleviating it.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780415038416
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	04/04/1991
Series:	Experience of Illness Series
Pages:	150
Product dimensions:	5.44(w) x 8.50(h) x (d)
Age Range:	18 Years

About the Author

Andrew Clark, Lesley Fallowfield

Table of Contents

Chapter One. What is Breast Cancer and How is it Treated? A Surgeon's Experience of Breast Cancer. Chapter Two. Lay Attidudes, Beliefs, Screening & Self-Examination. Chapter Three. Finding a Breast Lump & Hearing the Diagnosis. Chapter Four. Psychosocial Outcome of Breast Cancer Treatment. Chapter Five. Psychological Reactions to Recurrence & Advanced Disease. Chapter Six. Psychological Interventions. Chapter Seven. Conclusion & New Directions.