Introduction to breast care

Author(s)

    • Bird, Carol

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Introduction to breast care

by Carol Bird

Whurr, 2003

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Includes bibliographical references and index

Requested title: Breast care nursing; a handbook for nurses

Description and Table of Contents

Description

Covering major aspects of health care nursing, this handbook is written from a holistic viewpoint and involves the roles of the multidisciplinary team. It is intended for newly qualified nurses and community nurses and breast care nurses should also find it useful. The text aims to help readers broaden their knowledge about breast cancer and show them how to help patients and their families cope with the diagnosis and treatment of this disease.

Table of Contents

Preface. Acknowledgements. Chapter 1. Physiology of The Breast. Chapter 2. Breast Awareness and The Breast Screening programme. Chapter 3. Benign Breast Disease. Chapter 4. Diagnosing Breast Cancer. Chapter 5. Surgery for breast Cancer. Chapter 6. Breast Reconstruction. Chapter 7. Chemotherapy for Breast Cancer. Chapter 8. Radiotherapy for Breast Cancer. Chapter 9. Endocrine Therpies. Chapter 10. Prosthetics and Clothing. Chapter 11. Psychological and Psychosocial Aspects. Chapter 12. Lymphodoedema. Chapter 13. Diet and complementary Therapies. Chapter 14. Fungating Malignant Breast Wounds. Chapter 15. Recurrent Breast Cancer. Chapter 16. Rare Breast Cancers. Appendix: Useful Websites. Index.

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Details

  • NCID
    BA70246144
  • ISBN
    • 1861563574
  • Country Code
    uk
  • Title Language Code
    eng
  • Text Language Code
    eng
  • Place of Publication
    London
  • Pages/Volumes
    ix, 293 p.
  • Size
    24 cm
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