Book Details
Orange Code:56189
Paperback:199 pages
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Sections:
1. The relevance of anthropology2. Screening and cancer prevention across cultures: moving beyond culture3. Communicating the diagnosis and cancer communication4. The cultural response to cancer, coping and the role of religion and spirituality5. Culture, treatment and cancer6. Complementary and alternative therapies in oncology7. Cultural aspects of palliative care, death and dying8. Tackling inequalities in cancer outcomes9. Conclusion: an agenda for future research
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Culture and Cancer Care is key reading for students, researchers and practitioners in oncology and palliative care, offering a clear analysis of cultural differences with regard to illness and health care, as well as suggestions of how ethnic disparities can be overcome both at a political and local level, through cultural understanding and culturally appropriate health education.
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