Ronald Brown, editor of Oxford's Journal of Pediatric Psychology, has assembled over 60 renowned authors to provide a thorough presentation of state-of-the-art research and literature on pediatric psychosocial oncology. This important volume fulfills the clear need for an up-to-date, comprehensive handbook for practitioners that delineates the most recent research in the field - the first of its kind in over a decade.
Over recent decades, tremendous advances in the prevention, medical treatment, and quality of life issues in children and adolescents surviving cancer have spawned a host of research on paediatric psychosocial oncology. This important volume fulfills the clear need for an up-to-date, comprehensive handbook for practitioners that delineates the most recent research in the field - the first of its kind in a decade. Over 60 renowned authors have been assembled to provide a thorough
presentation of state-of-the-art research and literature, with topics including:
Neuropsychological effects of chemotherapy and radiation therapy
Bone marrow transplant
Important issues about quality of life during and following treatment
Collaborative research among child-focused psychologists
Standards of psychological care for children and adolescents
Stress and coping in the paediatric cancer experience
The role of family and peer relationships
The Comprehensive Handbook of Childhood Cancer and Sickle Cell Disease represents both multidisciplinary and international efforts, an alliance between physicians and parents, and a combination of research and service. With a wealth of information of great interest to patients and their families, this volume will also be a welcome resource to the psychologists, psychiatrists, paediatricians, oncologists, nurses, and social workers who confront these issues as they help children and
their families through the treatment, recovery and grieving process.
Over recent decades, tremendous advances in the prevention, medical treatment, and quality of life issues in children and adolescents surviving cancer have spawned a host of research on paediatric psychosocial oncology. This important volume fulfills the clear need for an up-to-date, comprehensive handbook for practitioners that delineates the most recent research in the field - the first of its kind in a decade. Over 60 renowned authors have been assembled to provide a thorough
presentation of state-of-the-art research and literature, with topics including:
Neuropsychological effects of chemotherapy and radiation therapy
Bone marrow transplant
Important issues about quality of life during and following treatment
Collaborative research among child-focused psychologists
Standards of psychological care for children and adolescents
Stress and coping in the paediatric cancer experience
The role of family and peer relationships
The Comprehensive Handbook of Childhood Cancer and Sickle Cell Disease represents both multidisciplinary and international efforts, an alliance between physicians and parents, and a combination of research and service. With a wealth of information of great interest to patients and their families, this volume will also be a welcome resource to the psychologists, psychiatrists, paediatricians, oncologists, nurses, and social workers who confront these issues as they help children and
their families through the treatment, recovery and grieving process.