Gastrointestinal cancer Book Section
| Author: | Holland, J. C. |
| Editors: | Holland, J. C.; Rowland, J. H. |
| Article/Chapter Title: | Gastrointestinal cancer |
| Abstract: | special problems in psychological adjustment are posed when tumors develop in the gastrointestinal (GI) tract / both patient and family may have to cope with a severe eating disorder, significant weight loss, nausea and vomiting, abdominal discomfort as well as other disease-related events that are difficult to manage cancer of the esophagus and stomach / colon and rectal cancer / psychological sequelae of ostomies in cancer patients / pancreatic cancer / diagnosis and management (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2016 APA, all rights reserved) |
| Book Title: | Handbook of Psychooncology: Psychological Care of the Patient with Cancer |
| ISBN: | 9780195043082 |
| Publisher: | Oxford University Press |
| Publication Place: | New York, NY |
| Date Published: | 1989-01-01 |
| Start Page: | 208 |
| End Page: | 217 |
| Language: | English |
| ACCESSION: | 1989-98449-007 |
| PROVIDER: | Ovid Technologies |
| PROVIDER: | psycinfo |
| DOI/URL: | |
| Notes: | Book Chapter: 15 -- Holland, Jimmie C [Ed ; Rowland, Julia H [Ed -- xiv, 785 -- Source: APA PsycInfo |
