Treating Vulnerable Populations of Cancer Survivors: A Biopsychosocial Approach
Springer International Publishing (Verlag)
978-3-319-32362-6 (ISBN)
Included among the topics:
- Providing psychosocial distress screening, coping resources and self-care to newly diagnosed cancer survivors.
- Latino cancer survivors: the old and the young.
- An exploration of Latvian immigrants' cancer experience and implications for supportive interventions.
- Survivorship issues among Muslim women with cancer.
- How art therapy can benefit the quality of life of young breast cancer survivors.
- The family caregiver as cancer survivor: supporting and promoting positive bereavement outcomes.
Tanya Fitzpatrick, Ph.D., MSW, RN received her doctoral degree in social work from Boston College in 1992 and completed post-doctoral studies through Boston University focusing on issues relating to health and social outcomes among older adults. She was recently appointed the director of research at Hope & Cope (H&C), the Jewish General Hospital (JGH), with an appointment at McGill University since her employment in 2009 through January 2014. Prior to her employment at McGill, she was an associate professor from 2000 until 2008, and is professor emeritus from Arizona State University, Department of Social Work, with a background in nursing, social work, and gerontology. She is a member of the Gerontological Society of America, Society for Social Work Research, National Association of Social Workers, Canadian Association of Psychosocial Oncology, and American Society on Aging.
Culture-specific theoretical and conceptual models addressing vulnerable populations.- Providing psychosocial distress screening, coping resources, and self-care to older cancer survivors in a Canadian small-town setting.- Therapeutic interventions, social and health issues among elderly Latino cancer survivors.- Family and community interventions: the experience of Latvian immigrant cancer survivors in Canada.- Cancer survivorship issues among Muslim women with cancer.- Exploring the artist's book: how art therapy can enhance quality of life of young breast cancer survivors.- Physical activity, locus of control, and fear of recurrence among young and older cancer survivors from a community cancer support center.- Therapy-related interventions, dental health issues, and the impact on quality of life among pediatric cancer survivors.- Health and social issues among esophagogastric cancer survivors: the STOP Cancer Initiative.- The caregiver as survivor: Caregiver support initiatives, person-centered approaches, and quality of life for the caregiver and family members. - Conclusion
| Erscheinungsdatum | 08.10.2016 |
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| Zusatzinfo | XV, 160 p. 4 illus. |
| Verlagsort | Cham |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 155 x 235 mm |
| Themenwelt | Geisteswissenschaften ► Psychologie ► Sozialpsychologie |
| Medizin / Pharmazie ► Medizinische Fachgebiete ► Psychiatrie / Psychotherapie | |
| Schlagworte | Behavioral Science and Psychology • Cancer Survivorship • cultural competence and cancer survivors • elderly cancer survivors • ethnic minority cancer survivors • Health Psychology • immigrant cancer survivors • Latino cancer survivors • Latvian cancer survivors • Low SES cancer survivors • Muslim cancer survivors • Oncology • Psychotherapy and Counseling • services for cancer survivors • social issues for cancer surivivors • Social Work • vulnerable cancer survivor populations |
| ISBN-10 | 3-319-32362-8 / 3319323628 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-3-319-32362-6 / 9783319323626 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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