Communication in Cancer Care / edited by Friedrich Stiefel.

Springer eBooks

Key Elements of Communication in Cancer Care -- Motivating for Cancer Prevention -- Communication in Genetic Counselling for Breast/Ovarian Cancer -- Informing About Diagnosis, Relapse and Progression of Disease — Communication with the Terminally Ill Cancer Patient -- Maintaining Hope: Communication in Palliative Care -- Patients and Their Families -- Children with Cancer -- Interdisciplinary Communication -- Cultural Aspects of Communication in Cancer Care -- Current Concepts of Communication Skills Training in Oncology -- Communication Skills Training in Oncology: It Works! -- Communication and Communication Skills Training in Oncology: Open Questions and Future Tasks.

This book covers all the relevant aspects of communication in cancer care, such as communication in cancer prevention and genetic counselling, communication at different stages of disease and communication with the family and children. In addition, more general topics are discussed, such as the benefits and evidence of communication skills training and the challenges of interdisciplinary and cross-cultural communication. Besides useful information on direct clinical relevance, current theoretical frameworks and research on communication in oncology are presented. The chapters are written by leading figures in the field of psycho-oncology and communication, who work and teach in different European countries.

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