Cancer Doesn't Have to Hurt
How to Conquer the Pain Caused by Cancer and Cancer Treatment
by Pamela J Haylock R.N.
, Carol P Curtiss R.N.
Many people with cancer suffer needlessly because of the belief that cancer and pain go hand in hand. Haylock and Curtiss show that not only can cancer pain be relieved, but patients who have less pain do better.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Foreword viii
A Message from the Authors xi
Acknowledgements xii
Introduction 1
Ch. 1 Cancer and Pain 8
Ch. 2 Describing Pain 30
Ch. 3 Using Medicines to Relieve Cancer Pain 43
Ch. 4 How Pain Medicine Is Given 75
Ch. 5 Other Ways to Manage Pain 84
Ch. 6 Finding and Getting the Most from Cancer Pain Treatment 103
Ch. 7 Paying for Pain Treatment 119
Ch. 8 Special Needs 126
Ch. 9 Resources for Keeping Track of Your Care 138
Resources 149
Glossary 161
Index 167
PUBLICATION DETAILS
PUBLICATION DATE:
PAGES: 192
SIZE: 5-1/2 x 8-1/2
ILLUSTRATIONS: 10 tables 11 illus
INDEXED: Yes
BIBLIOGRAPY: Yes
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Pamela J. Haylock earned her BSN from the University of Iowa College of Nursing, Iowa City, in 1971 and her MA in Nursing of Adults from the University of Iowa College of Nursing in 1977.
Since then she has been, among other things, a public health nurse for the Linn County Health Department in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, an enterostomal therapy nurse at Saint Francis Memorial Hospital and Home Health Care Agency in San Francisco, and an oncology clinical nurse specialist and Director of Oncology and AIDS Services at Saint Francis Memorial Hospital in San Francisco. She is presently a cancer care consultant, owner, and partner of Haylock Cantril Associates in Woodside California, providing cancer-specific resources to health care facilities and community organizations for planning cancer care services, cancer program management and implementation, and programs for professional staff development, staff support, and public and professional education.
Haylock is Associate Editor of Oncology Nursing Society Nursing Scan in Oncology and has published numerous articles in medical publications including ONS News, Homecare Therapies for Cancer Patients, Seminars in Oncology Nursing, American Journal of Nursing, and The Aids Forum. She has also taught college-level courses in general health, basic nursing and adult nursing care.
Haylock lives in the San Francisco Bay Area, and is an active member of both the national and local chapters of the Oncology Nursing Society. She has been the editor of The Nugget, the newsletter of the local ONS chapter, and from 1984 - 1986 was President of the local chapter. She has served on various committees for the national ONS chapter, and has recently been appointed to a 3-year term as Secretary of the national chapter. She is on the board of directors of the
Oncology Nursing Certification Corporation, and is a member of the Cancer Center of San Francisco Planning Committee, the Association of Community Cancer Centers, and the National Coalition for Cancer Survivorship.
Carol P. Curtiss, R.N. is a past president of the Oncology Nursing Society and lectures internationally on cancer and pain management issues.
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