| Chapter title |
Psycho-Oncology: A Patient’s View
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|---|---|
| Chapter number | 4 |
| Book title |
Psycho-Oncology
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| Published in |
Recent results in cancer research Fortschritte der Krebsforschung Progrès dans les recherches sur le cancer, January 2018
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| DOI | 10.1007/978-3-319-64310-6_4 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Book ISBNs |
978-3-31-964309-0, 978-3-31-964310-6
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| Authors |
Patricia Garcia-Prieto |
| Abstract |
Culturally the most important, valued, and less stigmatized part of cancer care is the medical part: The surgeon cutting the tumors out and the oncologist leading the strategic decision-making of the medical treatments available. The least valued and stigmatized part of cancer remains the psychosocial care. This chapter describes-through the eyes of an academic, psychologist, stage IV melanoma patient, and patient advocate-how one patient navigated changing psycho-oncological needs from early stage-to-stage IV through a whole range of psychological interventions available. Her voice joins that of all cancer patients around the world whom are urgently calling for psycho-oncological care to be fully recognized as a central part of cancer treatment. |
Mendeley readers
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Unknown | 12 | 100% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 3 | 25% |
| Student > Master | 2 | 17% |
| Professor | 1 | 8% |
| Lecturer > Senior Lecturer | 1 | 8% |
| Lecturer | 1 | 8% |
| Other | 1 | 8% |
| Unknown | 3 | 25% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Psychology | 3 | 25% |
| Medicine and Dentistry | 2 | 17% |
| Social Sciences | 2 | 17% |
| Nursing and Health Professions | 1 | 8% |
| Arts and Humanities | 1 | 8% |
| Other | 0 | 0% |
| Unknown | 3 | 25% |