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Cancer, culture, and communication
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"This book is for physicians, nurses, hospice and palliative care professionals, and public health professionals who would like to understand the ways we can improve clinician-patient communication...
"This book is for physicians, nurses, hospice and palliative care professionals, and public health professionals who would like to understand the ways we can improve clinician-patient communication in culturally diverse medical settings. It is also suitable for graduate-level courses in medical education, oncology, and health care."--BOOK JACKET.
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- Creator
- edited by Rhonda J. Moore and David Spiegel
- Format
- Books
- Language
- English
- Contributors
- Publication
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- New York : Kluwer Academic/Plenum Publishers, [2004]
- ©2004
- Physical Details
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- xxii, 317 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
- ISBNs
- 0306478854, 9780306478857
- OCLC
- ocm52980810
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Introduction / Rhonda J. Moore, David J. Spiegel -- Cancer Across Cultures -- Culture and Oncology: Impact of Context Effects / Rhonda J. Moore, Phyllis Butow -- Quality of Life in Culturally Diverse Cancer Patients / Carolyn Cook Gotay -- Cancer and Aging : A Biological, Clinical, and Cultural Analysis / Lodovico Balducci, Darlene Johnson, Claudia Beghe -- Children with Cancer : Cultural Differences in Communication between the United States and the United Kingdom / Edward J. Estlin, Javier R. Kane -- Cancer Risk Assessment : Clinically Relevant Information is Key / Patricia T. Kelly -- Cancer Interventions Across Cultures -- Cancer Prevention : Lifestyle as the Definitive Means of Cancer Control / John H. Weisburger -- Cross-Cultural Aspects of Cancer Care / Samuel Mun Yin Ho ... [et al.] -- Symptoms and Their Management Across Cultures -- The Cultural Experience of Cancer Pain / Judith A. Paice, Joseph F. O'Donnell -- Complementary and Alternative Medicine in Patients with Cancer / Edzard Ernst, Clare Stevinson -- Dying and Death in Different Cultures -- Bereavement across Cultures / Richard T. Penson -- The Unmet Need : Addressing Spirituality and Meaning through Culturally Sensitive Communication and Intervention / Christopher A. Gibson ... [et al.]
Subjects
- Cancer -- Social aspects.
- Social medicine.
- Culture.
- Communication.
- Neoplasms -- psychology.
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- Communication.
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- Cross-Cultural Comparison.
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- Physician-Patient Relations.
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