Home Care Guide for Cancer:
How to Care for Family and Friends at Home
(American College of Physicians)
Peter S. Houts, Ph.D.
Synopsis
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A unique guide to caring for cancer patients at home. Friends and family who provide care at
home are an important part of the the health care team, and they are most effective when given
proper guidance from health care professionals. This easy-to-use book covers how to deal with
common physical, psychological, and social problems of patients with cancer, including nausea,
fatigue, hair loss, anxiety, depression, and other patient symptoms. This book offers
practical, problem-solving processes that address the needs of both the patient and the
caregiver |