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Psychosocial impact of cancer

01 September 2008

Cancer Nursing Practice

Feature

A diagnosis of cancer is stressful for patients and their families; and both the physical illness characteristics and distorted family functioning have been...

Quality of death: humanisation versus medicalisation

01 April 2007

Cancer Nursing Practice

Clinical

A ‘good death’ is a multi-faceted phenomenon whose strands may be difficult to untangle. As a result, end-of-life care presents numerous challenges for nurses and...

Future oncological practice and the rise of multimodal treatments

09 April 2010

Cancer Nursing Practice

Feature

The treatment of cancer is being transformed by the increasing application of scientific advances and the development of new diagnostics and therapeutic strategies...

Ethical issues involved in patient refusal of life-saving treatment

03 April 2009

Cancer Nursing Practice

Feature

Health care is a fundamentally moral endeavour (Pellegrino 1998). Healthcare professionals who care for patients with cancer encounter a plethora of ethical issues....

Aetiology and management of non-melanoma skin cancer

09 February 2010

Cancer Nursing Practice

Feature

Increased exposure to ultraviolet radiation is among the factors contributing to a greater incidence of non-melanoma skin cancers (NMSC). This article describes the...

Moral choices in end of life care for children

01 September 2013

Cancer Nursing Practice

Art & Science

This article aims to demonstrate the extent to which end of life care for children raises moral dilemmas. It considers a case study of an 11-year-old boy with...

04 March 2024 / Vol 23 issue 2

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