Title | Cancer, Stress, and Death [electronic resource] / edited by Jean Tachรฉ, Hans Selye, Stacey B. Day |
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Imprint | Boston, MA : Springer US, 1979 |
Connect to | http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4684-3459-0 |
Descript | XXI, 233 p. online resource |
Introduction: Stress as a Cause of Disease -- 1. Stress, Cancer, and the Mind -- 2. The Possible Effects of Emotional Stress on Cancer Mediated through the Immune System -- 3. Stress, Hormone Responses, and Cancer -- 4. The Biological Axis of Senescence, Stress, and Aging as Construct for Cancer, Disease, and Death -- 5. Advanced Malignant Disease and the Person Under Stress -- 6. The Homeostatic Significance of the Death-Life Cycle Dynamics in Mental Functions -- 7. The Cancer Patient as Educator and Counselor -- 8. Anticipatory Grief, Stress, and the Surrogate Griever -- 9. Bereavement: Including Some Iatrogenic Aspects of Grief -- 10. Physical Deterioriation in Patients with Advanced Cancer -- 11. Summary Comments -- 12. Telling the Truth to the Dying Patient -- 13. The Use of Group Meetings with Cancer Patients and Their Families -- 14. Stress, Cancer, DeathโA Pediatric Perspective -- 15. Rural Cancer Death -- 16. Discussion -- 17. Stress and Cancer: A Disease of Adaptation? -- 18. Death Not the Mysterium Tremendum: A Summary Overview -- Recommended Reading