Rapid changes in oncology neccessitates a comprehensive, up-to-date reference for oncology nurses. For seventeen years, best-selling Cancer Nursing: Principles and Practice has filled this need, supplying oncology nurses with cutting-edge, current information. Now, in its Sixth Edition, Cancer Nursing reflects the constantly shifting progress in the science of oncology, as well as emerging new therapies, new treatment modalities, the latest results from clinical trials, updates on new chemotherapeutic agents and targeted therapies, and new perspectives on supportive care.
The updated and revised Sixth Edition includes new chapters on the following topics:
Screening and Detection for asymptomatic individuals
Hematopoietic growth factors
Complementary and alternative therapies
Distress Symptoms
Cancer Survivorship
Principles, models, history, and issues of end of life and palliative care
Delivery of comfort care
Legal issues in cancer nursing
