Clinical Practice

An Evidence-Based Approach to the Treatment and Care of the Older Adult With Cancer
Highlighting a new frontier in the field of oncology - the highly specialized and individually tailored care of the older adult - this new text will provide your students with a comprehensive guide to caring for this ever-growing patient population. If you are caring for older adults with cancer, you should consider adding this new text to your nursing library!

Handbook for the Care of the Older Adult with Cancer
You'll learn about the prevalence and treatment of cancer in older adults, symptom management, quality of life, physiologic and psychologic issues involved in caring for this population, altered symptom response, concurrent illnesses and their effect on treatment, spiritual care, and legal issues.

2005

How Do Nurse Case Managers Care for Older Women With Breast Cancer?

Oncology Nursing Society Environmental Scan 2004

2004

Older women and breast cancer screening: Research synthesis

Shifting perspectives: Gero-oncology nursing research

Symptom Clusters in elderly patients with lung cancer

The Watchful Waiting Management Option for Older Men With Prostate Cancer: State of the Science

2003

The Advanced Practice Nurse in Research: From Hospital Discharge to Home

A Demonstration Project to Increase the Awareness of Cancer Clinical Trials Among Community-Dwelling Seniors

Quality of life after radical prostatectomy

Uncertainty and Quality of Life of Older Men Who Undergo Watchful Waiting for Prostate Cancer

2002

The Effect of an Educational Intervention on Promoting Breast Self-Examination in Older African American and Caucasian Women

Effect of Caregiver perception of preparedness on burden in an oncology population

Geriatrics Clinical Resource Area - Bibliography