ISSN:0961-5423    

DOI:10.1111/j.1365-2354.1992.tb00135.x

出版商:Blackwell Publishing Ltd    

年代:1992

数据来源: WILEY

ISSN:0961-5423    

DOI:10.1111/j.1365-2354.1992.tb00136.x

出版商:Blackwell Publishing Ltd    

年代:1992

数据来源: WILEY

ISSN:0961-5423    

DOI:10.1111/j.1365-2354.1992.tb00137.x

出版商:Blackwell Publishing Ltd    

年代:1992

数据来源: WILEY

摘要:

Social scientists are not the first group that one thinks of when considering the contributions made towards the welfare of the dying patient. Most people would think that the nurse or doctor occupies the most vital position to the patient. This is perhaps true. However, I would argue that the sociologist is instrumental to the effective function of the health team. It is in areas such as the social structure of death, the exact nature of relationships within the health matrix, and the organization of health provision for the terminally ill patient that sociologists contribute most. They are, I believe, essential to help health‐care professionals carry out their work in the most effective way possibl

ISSN:0961-5423    

DOI:10.1111/j.1365-2354.1992.tb00138.x

出版商:Blackwell Publishing Ltd    

年代:1992

数据来源: WILEY

摘要:

Bone‐marrow transplantation (BMT) has dramatically changed the prognosis of fatal haematological diseases. These results allow more and more patients to resume a normal life after a BMT, but for some of them the quality of life is different from what it was before the BMT. A study was conducted to evaluate the changes that the patients have experienced in their lives. A questionnaire was sent to 90 adult patients who underwent BMT between January 1984 and December 1989. We received 49 answers, 26 from male patients and 23 from female patients. The marital status of the patients did not change significantly: only three patients became divorced and three got married. For 43% of the patients the most difficult period of their hospitalization in the laminar air‐flow room was the conditioning regimen (chemotherapy and irradiation). After the BMT 65% felt that they had resumed a normal life but 35% did not share this feeling. The most often mentioned handicap was the lack of physical strength. After the BMT 55% of the patients worked again after a mean time of 16 months. Among the working patients 60% obtained satisfaction from their work. To the last question ‘Would you now accept to undergo a BMT?’, only one patient answered ‘no’. In conclusion, although a BMT is a long and difficult procedure, this survey shows that, among the patients who answered the questionnaire, the majority felt positive about the outcome o

ISSN:0961-5423    

DOI:10.1111/j.1365-2354.1992.tb00139.x

出版商:Blackwell Publishing Ltd    

年代:1992

数据来源: WILEY

摘要:

The use of a cold‐air scalp‐cooling system to prevent alopecia following administration of anthracycline chemotherapy is described. The unit used is mounted on a four‐wheeled trolley and is highly mobile. Twenty‐four patients with advanced breast cancer received epirubicin chemotherapy, 14 at a dose of 50 mg/m2, and 10 at a dose of 100 mg/m2. All 10 patients receiving 100 mg/m2developed total alopecia; by contrast, only two out of 14 receiving 50 mg/m2had alopecia, while the remaining 12 retained their hair. Patients not receiving scalp‐cooling inevitably developed total alopecia after three pulses of e

ISSN:0961-5423    

DOI:10.1111/j.1365-2354.1992.tb00140.x

出版商:Blackwell Publishing Ltd    

年代:1992

数据来源: WILEY

摘要:

In response to an increased awareness of the dangers of smoking, both active and passive, there has been a growing interest in the introduction of somking policies at work. With this in mind, Marie Curie Cancer Care, a UK charity, has encouraged the introduction of smoking policies in all its centres with the aim of creating healthier working conditions. An approach to the introduction of these policies supported by the Health Education Authority (Jenkinset al., 1987) encouraged the involvement of staff in the process and the use of a questionnaire to survey their smoking behaviour and views on the subject. As a preliminary to introducing a policy in one centre (a 38‐bedded hospice unit) the 119 members of staff were surveyed. Results showed that 36% of staff smoked, and more than one‐third of these wished to give up. There was an overall agreement that smoking should be restricted, particularly in places where food was served, and that separate areas should be provided for smoking. As an excercise, the survey proved valuable in introducing staff to the concept of a policy, making them feel involved, and supplying the policy‐makers with background inform

ISSN:0961-5423    

DOI:10.1111/j.1365-2354.1992.tb00141.x

出版商:Blackwell Publishing Ltd    

年代:1992

数据来源: WILEY

摘要:

Oncology in an important research subject at the Free University of Amsterdam and, in medical education, the role of oncology is more prominent than it was a few years ago. In 1991 a new curriculum started with an oncology course at the beginning of the second year of training. The aim of this course was to teach students basic oncology principles, which would then be discussed more fully in the function‐specific courses of the curriculum at a later stage. Simulataneously, students are taught in problem‐orientated way to use this basic knowledge on real patient problems. The first experiecne with this new curriculum are discus

ISSN:0961-5423    

DOI:10.1111/j.1365-2354.1992.tb00142.x

出版商:Blackwell Publishing Ltd    

年代:1992

数据来源: WILEY

摘要:

Nurse training in Greece is available either at one of seven Technological Educational Institutes or at the University School in Athens. The oncology content of the curriculum varies throughout the country, ranging from 20 to 60 hours of theory. A test to assess the ability of 120 student nurses to care for large‐intestine cancer patients was carried out, and the results of this test are presented. Changes in nurse training in Greece are required in order to improve the preparedness of students for oncology nursin

ISSN:0961-5423    

DOI:10.1111/j.1365-2354.1992.tb00143.x

出版商:Blackwell Publishing Ltd    

年代:1992

数据来源: WILEY

ISSN:0961-5423    

DOI:10.1111/j.1365-2354.1992.tb00144.x

出版商:Blackwell Publishing Ltd    

年代:1992

数据来源: WILEY