Psychological Care for Cancer Patients

New Perspectives on Training Health Professionals

Inbunden, Engelska, 2023

Av Domenico Arturo Nesci, Domenico Arturo Nesci

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Psychological Care for Cancer Patients: New Perspectives on Training Health Professionals is an innovative work in psychosocial oncology which examines the role of creative expression in the psychological treatment of cancer patients. After having spent five decades in this field, Domenico Arturo Nesci has become a proponent of treatment that values patients as creatives and valiant fighters rather than objects of an ambivalent compassion. This book analyzes this intersection of psychology, the humanities, medicine, and social work through scholarship conceived to help all people whose lives are crossed by cancer: patients, relatives, caregivers, health professionals, and students.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum2023-02-06
Mått161 x 231 x 18 mm
Vikt435 g
FormatInbunden
SpråkEngelska
Antal sidor162
FörlagBloomsbury Publishing Plc
MedarbetareMcWilliams,Nancy
ISBN9781793643995

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Klinisk psykologi inom Medicin
Psykoterapi som behandlingsmetod inom Medicin
Psykologi inom Psykologi och pedagogik

This excellent book introduces professionals to the work of Nesci and his life-long interest in and commitment to the psychological care and well-being of cancer patients and their caregivers. Through his early experience as a trainee, he realized the unique challenges cancer patients face: difficult treatments and the existential threats cancer presents, the latter usually ignored by medical teams. Patients may be labeled as uncooperative or depressed based on their lack of positive emotional expression to staff. Nesci developed a theory explaining patients' reactions and treatment needs, also realizing the need to support medical staff burdened with difficult treatments and uncertain outcomes. He then created a group discussion protocol for medical trainees to raise awareness of the psychosocial aspects of medical care. Written as a professional memoir, this volume describes the author's early experiences as he began to specialize in treating cancer patients and their families and training medical teams. His protocol emphasizes the need to listen, observe, and empathize, key skills needed to support medical staff and to help patients come to terms with the existential challenges their illness presents. Nesci created a training center for doctors and continues his commitment to humanize medical care for extremely ill patients. Highly recommended. Advanced undergraduates through faculty; professionals.