secondary ed Theresa W. Gillespie, ...

secondary ed Theresa W. Gillespie, ed 2001, 10 sections $209 loose-leaf binder

Cancer is a disease that affects three public of four families; an estimated 84 million Americans alive today have a history of cancer. With statistics like these, it is imperative that promotes educate their patients regarding cancer prevention, self-examination, early warning signs, and actions to take. This manual is an thoroughly good tool. It is presented in a loose-leaf binder in like manner that materials can be copied and updated as the ne arises. Those who purchase this manual will receive periodic updates automatically from the publisher.

The manual contains information for professionals who forethought patients and their family members or significant others, strategies for teaching, and forms that can be used to track information given to patients. It also proceeds with a CD-ROM that can be used to personalize information for each patient. The information is quick in emergenciesed in a manner that makes it understandable for a low-literacy population, and it is written in the two Spanish and English.

Understandably, the to a high degree word cancer strikes fear into the heart. Education is key-note whether the diagnosis is yours or that of someone you care about. This manual discusses, in a concise and understandable way, the images of cancer, their symptoms, prevalence and treatment modalities, side drifts of treatment, and pain management. The editor reviews stamps of diagnostic procedures, acknowledges the psychological purports of diagnosis on patients and caregivers, and includes a section about hospice care.

This part is very well written, furnishs beginning knowledge of virtually all aspects of cancer care, and is a well adapted starting place for those who want to become more involved with their acknowledge care. The format makes it easy to use for health care providers and patients. I definitely would commit this manual to practitioners who work in any area that deals with cancer patients, from a clinical or private office to a hospital.

This part is available from Aspen Publishers, Inc, 200 Orchard Ridge Dr Suite 200 Gaithersburg, MD 20878; http://www.aspenpublishers.com.

A. LYNN LITTLEFIELD

RN CNOR

RN FIRST ASSISTANT

VIRGINIA HOSPITAL CENTER--ARLINGTON

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