patient’s (and his family’s Quality of Life). Moreover, Khalid () found that cancer patients were significantly more depressed and anxious than the patients suffering from other diseases or no disease. If left untreated severe anxiety may even shorten a patient’s life (Taylor, ). · Download PDF Copy; Reviewed by Emily an assistant professor of psychology at Thomas Jefferson University in Philadelphia. not to replace . Psycho-Oncology is concerned with the psychological, social, behavioral, and ethical aspects of cancer. This subspeciality addresses the two major psychological dimensions of cancer: the psychological responses of patients to cancer at all stages of the disease, and that of their families and caretakers; and the psychological, behavioral and social factors that may influence the disease process.
outcomes in the treatment of cancer [1,2]. Ethical and organizational aspects Treatment of patients with cancer, of all ages, requires a specific ethical and psy-chological approach. Most patients move through a state of denial and later acceptance as the diagnosis and treat-ment of the disease progresses. A deci-sion to perform surgery may be made. In advanced cancer Patient's anxiety increases when symptom burden is high and the physical function is poor (Turner et al., ). A recent prospective observational study by Buchanan et al., () on lung cancer patients using an adapted palliative outcome scale questionnaire confirmed this and observed further that clinical variables of. • Treating emotional distress of cancer patients while their medical symptoms were addressed • Founder of APOS and IPOS. Psycho-Oncology • This area deals with the psychological; the emotional reaction to this illness at all stages of disease for the patient, family, and the staff who.
modifications to prevent cancer from developing Improvement in staging – detecting many fewer cells or identifying blood tests that tell about the presence of cancer Determining a specific “finger print” of an individual's cancer Selecting a specific treatment, based upon the likelihood of the cancer to respond to that treatment AND. Download full-text PDF Read full-text. Positive Psychology in Cancer Care: A Story Line Resistant The sample of this study consists of cancer patients from different hospitals of the. The use of an electronic patient record system to identify advanced cancer patients and antidepressant drug use. J Palliat Med () 2 (4): 28Bottomley A () Depression in cancer patients: a literature review. Eur J Cancer Care 7(3) ; 29Massie MJ. Prevalence of depression in patients with cancer.
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