Title | Cancer, Stress, and Death [electronic resource] / edited by Stacey B. Day |
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Imprint | Boston, MA : Springer US : Imprint: Springer, 1986 |
Edition | Second Edition |
Connect to | http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4757-9573-8 |
Descript | XXX, 362 p. online resource |
Introduction: Stress as a Cause of Disease -- 1. Stress, Cancer, and the Mind -- 2. Stress, Hormone Responses, and Cancer -- 3. Stress, the Immune System, and Cancer -- 4. Psychological Factors in the Causation and Course of Cancer -- 5. Recent Biopsychosociological Approaches to Cancer Study in Japan -- 6. The Homeostatic Significance of the Death-Life Cycle Dynamics in Mental Functions -- 7. The Patient as a Communicator -- 8. The Cancer Patient as Educator and Counselor -- 9. Stress, Cancer: Stress Modulation of the Metastatic Process -- 10. Hospice Care in North America -- 11. Advanced Malignant Disease, Pain, Physical Deterioration, and Death -- 12. To Live Cancer with Love -- 13. Anticipatory Grief, Stress, and the Surrogate Griever -- 14. Self-Help and Hubris in Cancer Care -- 15. Stress, Cancer, DeathโA Pediatric Perspective -- 16. Models of Group Intervention for Cancer Patients and Families -- 17. Telling the Truth to the Dying Patient -- 18. The Pastoral Physician: Cancer and Psychospiritual Care -- 19. Progress in Biopsychosocial Approaches to Cancer in Northern Europe (Finland) -- 20. Early Family Attitudes and the Stress ProcessโA Life-Span and Personological Model of Host-Tumor Relationships: Biopsychosocial Research on Cancer and Stress in Central Europe -- 21. The Biopsychosocial Way as a Clinical Mode for Handling Critical Disease Problems in Tropical West Africa -- 22. Some Thoughts on the Endemiology of Cancer -- 23. The Introduction of Occidental and Oriental Approaches in Biopsychosocial Medicine -- 24. Discussion -- 25. Death Not the Mysterium Tremendum: A Summary Overview