Understanding Mesothelioma
eBook - ePub

Understanding Mesothelioma

The Experiences and Care Needs of People with Mesothelioma and their Families

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eBook - ePub

Understanding Mesothelioma

The Experiences and Care Needs of People with Mesothelioma and their Families

About this book

This practical text highlights the lived experience of mesothelioma. Following the patient journey and underpinned by the evidence, it explores what good care for mesothelioma looks like. Mesothelioma is complex in its aetiology, presentation, symptom burden and patient pathway. The public health context is shifting, as the way people are exposed to asbestos changes and there are new life-lengthening treatments available with many benefits but also challenges.

This timely book provides the context for mesothelioma, what it is and why it occurs before profiling a range of experiences across the patient pathway to highlight implications for care delivered by nurses and other health and social care practitioners. The second section of the book follows the patient pathway from diagnosis through to end-of-life care and bereavement, highlighting the lived experience and summarising the implications for practice. The final section of the book discusses aspects of the mesothelioma experience that are unique to the condition, including mental health impacts, and financial and legal implications.

Presenting insights that will inform practice in a diverse range of fields, including health, social care and law, this book is an essential reference for all those working with people with mesothelioma and their families. It is also an important reference for those working in cancer care more generally and academics with an interest in the lived experience of health conditions.

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Yes, you can access Understanding Mesothelioma by Marianne Turner,Bill Green,Angela Tod,Bethany Taylor,Clare Gardiner,Liz Darlison in PDF and/or ePUB format, as well as other popular books in Medicine & Education General. We have over one million books available in our catalogue for you to explore.

Information

Publisher
Routledge
Year
2025
eBook ISBN
9781040414279

Table of contents

  1. Cover Page
  2. Half-Title Page
  3. Endorsements Page
  4. Title Page
  5. Copyright Page
  6. Dedication Page
  7. Contents
  8. List of contributors
  9. Preface
  10. Acknowledgements
  11. Glossary
  12. 1 Introduction
  13. 2 Mesothelioma
  14. 3 The role of the specialist nurse in multidisciplinary and partnership working
  15. 4 The road to diagnosis
  16. 5 Treatment experiences
  17. 6 Symptoms and their management
  18. 7 The supportive care needs of people with mesothelioma
  19. 8 Clinical trials
  20. 9 Palliative and end-of-life care in mesothelioma
  21. 10 The legacy of the illness for the family
  22. 11 The role of primary care in mesothelioma
  23. 12 Mental health and mesothelioma
  24. 13 Financial implications
  25. 14 Seeking compensation
  26. 15 Conclusion
  27. Index