Supportive care for the urology patient

Supportive care for the urology patient / edited by Richard W. Norman and David Currow.

This book provides a practical, evidence-based overview of the supportive care of patients with urological failure, covering issues such as quality of life measurements, the role of the multidisciplinary team, and psychological and social support for patients, families and carers.

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Norman, Richard W., Currow, David
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2005.
Series:Supportive care series.
Subjects:
Urinary organs > Diseases > Palliative treatment.
Quality of life.
quality of life.
HEALTH & FITNESS > Diseases > Genitourinary & STDs.
MEDICAL > Urology.
Urological nursing
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Table of Contents:
  • Introduction to supportive care issues for the urology patient / Richard W. Norman
  • Quality of life measurements / Robert A. Cummins and Anna L.D. Lau
  • Self-help strategies / Rodney H. Breau
  • Role of the interdisciplinary team in urological supportive care / Reena Karani and Diane E. Meier
  • Psychological and spiritual support / Aru Narayanasamy
  • The patient and family / Lorna Butler
  • The bioinformatics of integrative medicine in urology / Ernest Lawrence Rossi
  • The patient presenting with hematuria / Darrel E. Drachenburg and Kamal Mattar
  • The patient presenting with urinary retention / Nicholas J. Hegarty, Ciaran F. Healy, and John M Fitzpatrick
  • The patient presenting with urinary incontinence / Hugh Flood and Jane MacDonald.
  • The patient presenting with neurological disease affecting the urinary tract / Scott MacDiarmid
  • The patient presenting with sexual dysfunction / Carin V. Hopps and John P. Mulhall
  • The patient presenting with androgen deficiency / Alvaro Morales
  • The patient presenting with requirements for a urinary diversion or reservoir / Zbigniew Wolski
  • The patient presenting with recalcitrant urinary tract infections / Lindsay E. Nicolle
  • The patient presenting with chronic prostatitis / Ashley McLellan and Peter A.M. Anderson
  • The patient presenting with genitourinary AIDS / Paul Toren and Wendy Wobeser
  • The patient presenting with painful bladder syndrome / Jerzy B. Gajewski
  • Supportive care for the renal transplant patient / David Nicol and Catherine Martin.
  • The patient presenting with a genitourinary prosthesis / Gregory G. Bailly
  • The patient presenting with benign genitourinary pain / Allan B. Patrick
  • The patient presenting with malignant genitourinary pain / Florian Heid and Jürgen Jage
  • Evaluation and treatment of the infertile male / M.A. Fischer
  • The patient presenting with an overactive adrenal gland / Franco Mantero and Nora Albiger
  • The patient presenting with frequently recurring urinary tract calculi / Hans-Göran Tiselius
  • The patient presenting with ureteric obstruction / Villus Marshall
  • Supportive care for the urology patient and family in the future / David C. Currow.

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