RT Book, Section
A1 Duffy, James D.
A1 Valentine, Alan D.
SR Print(0)
ID 1125740234
T1 Preface
T2 MD Anderson Manual of Psychosocial Oncology
YR 2016
FD 2016
PB McGraw-Hill Education
PP New York, NY
SN 9780071624381
LK hemonc.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1125740234
RD 2024/04/20
AB During  the  last  two  decades,  very  significant  advances  have  been  made  in  our  understanding  and  treatment  of  the  psychosocial  consequences  of  cancer.  The  standard  of  care  in  clinical  oncology  now  includes  recognition  of  the  psychosocial  consequences  of  cancer,  treatment  of  psychiatric  syndromes  associated  with  the  disease,  and  relief  of  biopsychosocial-spiritual  distress  and  suffering  common  to  the  cancer  experience  for  patients  and  caregivers.  Because  the  scope  of  the  problem  is  great  and  the  number  of  dedicated  psycho-oncologists  is  few,  comprehensive  cancer  care  is  not  delivered  by  specialists  alone.  Primary  oncologists  of  all  disciplines  and  the  growing  interdisciplinary  subspecialty  of  psycho-oncology  has  done  much  to  help  establish  this  standard  of  care  and  to  develop  a  research  and  clinical  framework  to  support  it.