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• Title:Cancer, culture, and communication / edited by Rhonda J. Moore and David Spiegel.
  
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• Other Contributors/Collections:Moore, Rhonda J.
  Spiegel, David, 1945-
  
• Published/Created:New York : Kluwer Academic/Plenum Publishers, c2004.
  

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  • Location:WOODWARD LIBRARY stacksWhere is this?
    
  • Call Number: QZ200 .C2523 2004
    
  • Number of Items:2
    
  • Status:Available
    

   
• Library of Congress Subjects:Cancer--Social aspects.
  Social medicine.
  Culture.
  Communication.
  
• Medical Subjects: Neoplasms--psychology.
  Communication.
  Cross-Cultural Comparison.
  Physician-Patient Relations.
  
• Description:xxii, 317 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.
  
• Summary:"This book is for physicians, nurses, hospice and palliative care professionals, and public health professionals who would like to understand the ways we can improve clinician-patient communication in culturally diverse medical settings. It is also suitable for graduate-level courses in medical education, oncology, and health care."--Jacket.
  
• Notes:Includes bibliographical references and index.
  
• ISBN:0306478854
  
• Contents:Ch. 1. Introduction / Rhonda J. Moore and David J. Spiegel
  Ch. 2. Culture and Oncology: Impact of Context Effects / Rhonda J. Moore and Phyllis Butow
  Ch. 3. Quality of Life in Culturally Diverse Cancer Patients / Carolyn Cooke Gotay
  Ch. 4. Cancer and Aging: A Biological, Clinical, and Cultural Analysis / Lodovico Balducci, Darlene Johnson and Claudia Beghe
  Ch. 5. Children with Cancer: Cultural Differences in Communication between the United States and the United Kingdom / Edward J. Estlin and Javier R. Kane
  Ch. 6. Cancer Risk Assessment: Clinically Relevant Information is Key / Patricia T. Kelly
  Ch. 7. Cancer Prevention: Lifestyle as the Definitive Means of Cancer Control / John H. Weisburger
  Ch. 8. Cross-Cultural Aspects of Cancer Care / Samuel Mun Yin Ho, Pierre Saltel, Jean-Luc Machavoine, Nathalie Rapoport-Hubschman and David Spiegel
  Ch. 9. Cultural Experience of Cancer Pain / Judith A. Paice and Joseph F. O'Donnell
  Ch. 10. Complementary and Alternative Medicine in Patients with Cancer / Edzard Ernst and Clare Stevinson
  Ch. 11. Bereavement across Cultures / Richard T. Penson
  Ch. 12. Unmet Need: Addressing Spirituality and Meaning through Culturally Sensitive Communication and Intervention / Christopher A. Gibson, Hayley Pessin, Colleen S. McLain, Ami D. Shah and William Breitbart.