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Cancer, Communication and Aging (Health Communication)
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Hardcover. Argues that communication is an intrinsic element of cancer care and holds unique communicative challenges for older adults. This volume focuses on some aspects of how older adults deal with issues of prevention, diagnosis, treatment, and how their unique identities play a role. Editor(s): Sparks, Lisa; O'Hair, H. Dan; Kreps, Gary L. Num Pages: 348 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: MJCL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. .
The contributors to this volume make convincing cases that communication is an intrinsic element of cancer care and holds unique communicative challenges for older adults. The chapters in the first section focus on some aspect of how older adults deal with issues of prevention, diagnosis, treatment, and how their unique identities play a role. The chapters in the second part shift attention to some of the more salient survivorship issues inherent in cancer communication research. The chapters in the third section raise a number of issues that seek to identify issues of cultural values, spirituality, and end-of-life to help patients ... Read more
The contributors to this volume make convincing cases that communication is an intrinsic element of cancer care and holds unique communicative challenges for older adults. The chapters in the first section focus on some aspect of how older adults deal with issues of prevention, diagnosis, treatment, and how their unique identities play a role. The chapters in the second part shift attention to some of the more salient survivorship issues inherent in cancer communication research. The chapters in the third section raise a number of issues that seek to identify issues of cultural values, spirituality, and end-of-life to help patients ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Hampton Pr
Condition
New
Number of Pages
348
Place of Publication
Cresskill, United States
ISBN
9781572737549
SKU
V9781572737549
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