Open access peer-reviewed Edited Volume

Supportive and Palliative Care and Quality of Life in Oncology

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Bassam Hassan
Bassam Hassan

Alrafidain University College,
Iraq

Published11 January 2023

Doi10.5772/intechopen.100933

ISBN978-1-80356-186-8

Print ISBN978-1-80356-185-1

eBook (PDF) ISBN978-1-80356-187-5

Copyright year2023

Number of pages204

This book examines supportive and palliative care and quality of life in cancer patients. Chapters address such topics as anxiety, depression, and delirium in terminally ill cancer patients, ethics in palliative care, palliative care medications, assisted suicide and euthanasia, and much more.

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Open access  chapters

2. The Quality of Life in Cancer Patients

By Neeraj Gour and Meenakshi Chaudhary

218
3. Anxiety, Depression, and Delirium in Terminally Ill Cancer Patient

By Susana Villa García Ugarte and Luis Enrique Miranda Calderón

110
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5. Supportive and Palliative Care Attitude for Cancer Patients

By Delgersuren Gelegjamts and Batbagana Burenerdene

293
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6. Perspective Chapter: Palliative Surgery in Pediatric Cancer

By Alessandro Inserra and Cristina Martucci

98
115
8. Palliative Care Therapies

By Aisha Muthanna Shanshal

159
9. Feeding at the End of Life in Brazilian Amazon: Qualitative Analysis of Medical Indications

By Caroline Anjos, Katherine Dambrowski, Antonio Godoy and Paula Barrioso

154
134
11. Prognostic Communication in the Era of Targeted Therapy and Immunotherapy

By Sherri Cervantez, Matthew Butler and Anand Karnad

152

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