Research Catalog

Title

Handbook of communication and cancer care / edited by Dan O'Hair, Gary L. Kreps, Lisa Sparks.

Publication

Cresskill, NJ : Hampton Press, [2007], ©2007.

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Details

Additional Authors

• O'Hair, Dan.
• Kreps, Gary L.
• Sparks, Lisa Daniel.

Description

viii, 445 pages : illustrations; 28 cm.

Series Statement

Health communication

Uniform Title

Health communication (Cresskill, N.J.)

Subject

• Cancer > Social aspects
• Cancer > Psychological aspects
• Communication in medicine
• Neoplasms > psychology
• Communication
• Interpersonal Relations

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Contents

1. Conceptualizing Cancer Care and Communication / Dan O'Hair, Gary L. Kreps and Lisa Sparks -- I. Providers, Patients, Communication, and Outcomes -- 2. Importance of Physicians' Communication Behavior Across the Cancer Care Continuum / Lila J. Finney Rutten and Neeraj K. Arora -- 3. Health Care Partnership Model of Doctor-Patient Communication in Cancer Prevention and Care Among the Aged / Eva Kahana and Boaz Kahana -- 4. Health Communication Technology and Quality Cancer Care / Linda M. Harris, Gary L. Kreps and Connie Dresser -- 5. Communication, Adherence, and Outcomes of Cancer Prevention and Treatment: Recommendations for Future Research / M. Robin DiMatteo -- II. Contextual Issues -- 6. Communication in Context: New Directions in Cancer Communication Research / J. M. Bensing, A. M. van Dulmen and K. Tates -- 7. Environmental Influences on Cancer Care and Communication / Gerald Ledlow, Scott Moore and Dan O'Hair -- 8. Public Advocacy for Cancer Care: History Background, and Rationale for Advocacy / Paula Kim -- III. Self, Identity, and Support -- 9. Patient Communication Processes: An Agency-Identity Model for Cancer Care / Melinda Morris Villagran, Laura Jones Fox and Dan O'Hair -- 10. Cancer, Communication, and the Social Construction of Self: Modeling the Construction of Self in Survivorship / Jean Richey and Jin Brown -- 11. Becoming an Effective Advocate/Caregiver: Experiential Knowledge from Women's "Third Shift" with Cancer Patients and Other Care Receivers / Terri Babers, Pamela McWherter and Jin Brown -- 12. Communication and Support Groups for People Living With Cancer / Kevin B. Wright and Lawrence R. Frey -- 13. Spiritual Care / Kenneth M. Brown and Alexis D. Bakos -- IV. Special Patient Populations -- 14. Cancer Care and the Aging Patient: Complexities of Age-Related Communication Barriers / Lisa Sparks -- 15. Consumer-Provider Communication Research with Special Populations / Amelie G. Ramirez -- 16. Communication and Childhood Cancer / Mary E. Husain and Scott D. Moore -- V. Treatment Issues -- 17. Narrative Research in Palliative Care: Exploring the Benefits / Elaine M. Wittenberg-Lyles and Sandra L. Ragan -- 18. Communication and Cancer Hospice Care: Toward Negotiating Attitudinal and Research Obstacles / J. L. Query, Jr., Kevin B. Wright and Eileen S. Gilchrist -- 19. Care Not Cure: Dialogues at the Transition / Geoffrey H. Gordon -- VI. Patient Skills, Control, and Decision Making -- 20. Cancer Patients as Active Participants in Their Care / Edward Krupat and Julie T. Irish -- 21. Concordance and Communication in Cancer Management / Betty Chewning and Carol J. Hermansen Kobulnicky -- 22. Cancer Information on the Internet / Bernard J. Kerr, Jr. -- 23. Patient Participation, Health Information, and Communication Skills Training: Implications for Cancer Patients / Donald J. Cegala -- 24. Identifying Research Traditions Appropriate for Cancer Care and Communication / Dan O'Hair.

ISBN

• 1572736828 (cloth)
• 9781572736825 (cloth)
• 1572736836 (pbk.)
• 9781572736832 (pbk.)

LCCN

2005058904

OCLC

• ocm62804721
• 62804721
• SCSB-5372872

Owning Institutions

Columbia University Libraries