- Preface
- Contributors
- Chapter 1 Screening Instruments
- Chapter 2 Pharmacological Interventions
- Chapter 3 Nonpharmacological Interventions
- Chapter 4 Psychiatric Emergencies
- Chapter 5 Anxiety Disorders
- Chapter 6 Mood Disorders
- Chapter 7 Cognitive Disorders
- Chapter 8 Substance Abuse
- Chapter 9 Personality Disorders
- Chapter 10 Fatigue
- Chapter 11 Pain
- Chapter 12 Nausea and Vomiting
- Chapter 13 Sexual Dysfunction
- Chapter 14 Strategies for Giving Bad News
- Chapter 15 Supporting Parents with Cancer: Screening and Psycho-education
- Chapter 16 Spiritual and Religious Communication with Patients and Families
- Chapter 17 Brain Cancer
- Chapter 18 Breast Cancer
- Chapter 19 Gastrointestinal Cancer
- Chapter 20 Genitourinary Cancer
- Chapter 21 Gynecological Cancer
- Chapter 22 Head and Neck Cancer
- Chapter 23 Hematological Cancer
- Chapter 24 Lung Cancer
- Chapter 25 Melanoma
- Appendix
- Index
(p. 171) Gynecological Cancer
- Chapter:
- (p. 171) Gynecological Cancer
- Author(s):
Mary K. Hughes
and Melissa L. Ozga
- DOI:
- 10.1093/med/9780199988730.003.0021
The gynecological cancers present a special set of psychosocial problems. The problems vary by site, but all women experience a common set of emotional difficulties. Since screening is imperfect and not universally used, diagnosis is sometimes missed and/or delayed. Because gynecological cancer is less common, support from others is less readily available and it is common for patients to experience guilt, embarrassment, feelings of aloneness and being misunderstood. By using inclusive and unbiased language, clinicians help patients feel more accepted.
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- Preface
- Contributors
- Chapter 1 Screening Instruments
- Chapter 2 Pharmacological Interventions
- Chapter 3 Nonpharmacological Interventions
- Chapter 4 Psychiatric Emergencies
- Chapter 5 Anxiety Disorders
- Chapter 6 Mood Disorders
- Chapter 7 Cognitive Disorders
- Chapter 8 Substance Abuse
- Chapter 9 Personality Disorders
- Chapter 10 Fatigue
- Chapter 11 Pain
- Chapter 12 Nausea and Vomiting
- Chapter 13 Sexual Dysfunction
- Chapter 14 Strategies for Giving Bad News
- Chapter 15 Supporting Parents with Cancer: Screening and Psycho-education
- Chapter 16 Spiritual and Religious Communication with Patients and Families
- Chapter 17 Brain Cancer
- Chapter 18 Breast Cancer
- Chapter 19 Gastrointestinal Cancer
- Chapter 20 Genitourinary Cancer
- Chapter 21 Gynecological Cancer
- Chapter 22 Head and Neck Cancer
- Chapter 23 Hematological Cancer
- Chapter 24 Lung Cancer
- Chapter 25 Melanoma
- Appendix
- Index