Cancer nursing : a revolution in care : proceedings of the Fifth International Conference on Cancer Nursing, London, 4th-9th September, 1988

Front Matter....Pages i-viii Cancer Nursing: A Revolution in Care....Pages 1-4 Europe Against Cancer: A Plan for Action....Pages 5-7 Changing Patterns of Health Care and Their Impact on Cancer Nursing....Pages 7-10 The Influence of Power and Politics....Pages 10-14 Changing Patterns of Health Care and Their Impact on Cancer Nursing....Pages 15-16 The Cancer Experience—A Patient’s View....Pages 17-18 Ethics in Cancer Care: A Challenge for Nurses....Pages 19-21 Approaches to Advocacy....Pages 22-24 Euthanasia — Guidelines for Nursing Practice....Pages 25-27 Pain and Anxiety Management Programme for Pediatric Cancer Patients....Pages 27-29 What Does the Schoolteacher Know?....Pages 29-32 Impact of Cancer on Adolescents....Pages 32-34 Caring for Dying Adolescents....Pages 34-36 Meeting the Rehabilitative Needs of Young Adults with Cancer....Pages 37-39 Family Caregivers of Cancer Patients: Reactions and Assistance....Pages 39-43 Geriatric Oncology: Nursing Concerns....Pages 43-45 Cancer: A Family Disruption....Pages 45-48 Needs Assessment of People Living with Cancer in a Canadian Province....Pages 49-52 Developing an Education and Support Programme for Cancer Patients and Their Family Members....Pages 53-56 Introducing Individual Psychosocial Interventions in an Oncology Setting....Pages 56-59 Family Centred Intervention in Promoting Psychological Adjustment....Pages 60-62 Urostomy Patients: Strategies for Caring and Rehabilitation....Pages 63-65 Decision-making in Oncology: The Role of Patients and Nurses....Pages 65-67 Identifying the Major Stressors in Cancer Nursing....Pages 68-72 Health Promotion in Ambulatory Cancer Patients: Focusing on Wellness....Pages 73-77 What Do Patients Think about Specialist Cancer Centres?....Pages 78-81 Using Change to the Advantage of Nursing....Pages 82-84 Establishing Standards of Care in the Oncology Setting....Pages 84-86 The Development of a Quality Assurance Index for Oncology Nursing....Pages 86-92 What Do Cancer Nurses Really Do? — Results of a Comprehensive Activity Analysis....Pages 93-96 WHO Global Programme on AIDS....Pages 96-98 The Challenge Facing Nursing: The HIV Infection in Central Africa....Pages 98-104 HIV Infection: Its Impact on Cancer Care....Pages 104-107 Community Out-reach....Pages 107-109 Humour: A Therapeutic Approach....Pages 109-111 Music and its Influence on the Side-effects of Chemotherapy....Pages 111-113 Therapeutic Touch: Its Place in Nursing Practice....Pages 114-117 Hope as a Critical Factor in the Cancer Experience....Pages 117-119 The Role of Traditional Chinese Medicine in the Supportive Care of Cancer Patients....Pages 119-121 Telecommunication — Implications in Cancer Nursing....Pages 121-122 Informing Patients about Phase One Studies: A Two-year Experience....Pages 123-124 Cultural Aspects of Oesophageal Cancer....Pages 125-126 A Western Nursing Concept in an Eastern Setting....Pages 127-128 Beliefs towards a Diagnosis of Cancer: A Transcultural Approach....Pages 129-132 Cultural Perspectives on Cancer of the Breast....Pages 133-134 The Role of Nurses in a Comprehensive Cancer Screening Programme for Women in Finland....Pages 135-137 Self-care—The Cultural Barriers....Pages 137-139 Post-discharge Crises for Cancer Patients and Their Families....Pages 139-143 The Art of Out-patient Oncology Nursing....Pages 143-145 An Experimental Hospital-based Oncology Home-Care Nursing System....Pages 145-146 The Administration of Chemotherapy in the Patient’s Home — A New Perspective....Pages 146-149 An Understanding Voice: The Telephone as a Cancer Counselling Medium....Pages 150-151 A Study of Patients’ Drug Self-administration Patterns in a Cancer Hospital....Pages 152-153 Debate 1: This house believes that nursing models provide a useful tool in the management of patient care....Pages 154-159 Debate 2: This house believes that the nurse is ideally placed to act as the patient’s advocate....Pages 160-163 ‘We’re Different—We’re Children’: A Symposium on Paediatric Oncology Nursing — Review Lecture....Pages 164-165 Radiotherapy Symposium — Review Lecture....Pages 166-168 Nutrition Review....Pages 168-170 ‘Working Together’: A Symposium on Rehabilitation—Review Lecture....Pages 170-172 Bone Marrow Transplantation Symposium—Review Lecture....Pages 173-175 Symposium on Spiritual Issues—Review Lecture....Pages 175-177 Symposium on Palliative Care — Review Lecture....Pages 178-181 Poster Review Lecture....Pages 181-182 Back Matter....Pages 183-183 This volume, intended for oncologists and nursing staff, contains a series of papers presented at a conference on cancer nursing. Contributors examine the latest international developments in the field, emphasizing the current revolution in practice, management, education and research.