For many women breast cancer is one of the most distressing of all diseases. Breast Cancer examines the effects of the disease through all stages of diagnosis and treatment. Making extensive use of verbatim accounts by women of their experiences, it intersperses these with relevant findings and theories from recent scientific research. The book's emphasis on the psychosocial impact of the disease and its treatment will help all those who care for breast cancer patients to understand the distress involved and the means of alleviating it.
Author(s): Andrew Clark, Lesley Fallowfield
Year: 1993
Language: English
Pages: 160
Book Cover......Page 1
Title......Page 4
Contents......Page 5
List of tables......Page 9
Preface......Page 10
Acknowledgements......Page 12
Editors' preface......Page 14
What is breast cancer and how is it treated? A surgeon's experience of breast cancer......Page 16
Lay attitudes, beliefs, screening, and self-examination......Page 32
Finding a breast lump and hearing the diagnosis......Page 49
Psychosocial outcome of breast cancer treatment......Page 66
Psychological reactions to recurrence and advanced disease......Page 89
Psychological interventions......Page 104
Conclusion and new directions......Page 129
References......Page 136
Index......Page 148
