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Anne Katz - Prostate Cancer and the Man You Love, Inbunden

Inbunden, Engelska, 2022

Prostate Cancer and the Man You Love

Supporting and Caring for Your Loved One

Av Anne Katz

471 kr

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Beskrivning
Presents evidence-based guidance to help partners support their men from diagnosis through survivorship.Prostate Cancer and the Man You Love is fully updated for the women and men who love and support a man with prostate cancer. Written by an expert in supporting men with prostate cancer and their partners, this book describes the experiences of 12 couples dealing with prostate cancer, from diagnosis through survivorship. Covering the basics of prostate cancer, its treatments and supportive care, and advice about communication between the patient and his partner, the book offers stories of real couples in every chapter. Katz offers evidence-based guidance for the partner, who is challenged in different ways to support the man as he moves from diagnosis to treatment decision making and beyond. She carefully describes the treatment options along with the side effects that affect quality of life and couple satisfaction. Additional topics include cancer recurrence and end of life care. The book ends with a chapter on selfcare and the need to put on your own oxygen mask before you support your partner.The first edition of the book received the Consumer Book Award from the prestigious Society for Sex Therapy & Research in 2015. The second edition is completely new and updated.
Produktinformation
  • Utgivningsdatum: 2022-11-11
  • Mått: 149 x 218 x 21 mm
  • Vikt: 449 g
  • Format: Inbunden
  • Språk: Engelska
  • Antal sidor: 304
  • Upplaga: 2
  • Förlag: Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
  • ISBN: 9781538163900
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Anne Katz, PhD, RN, FAAN, works as a clinical nurse specialist and certified sexuality counselor at CancerCare Maitoba in Winnipeg, Canada. She supports men with prostate cancer and their partner through prostate cancer, from diagnosis and into survivorship. This book is her 15th publication and a complete revision of the first edition of Prostate Cancer and The Man You Love.

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A decade ago, Katz published her first edition of this valuable guide for the partners of prostate cancer patients. Like that version, this revision provides important information about the second most common cancer in men (after skin cancer). It’s most often diagnosed in men over 50, it often shows no symptoms, and it is a “couple’s cancer” because choices like surgery, radiation, and androgen-deprivation therapy often cause erectile difficulties. (Partners should go to doctor visits together.) But beyond these basics, Katz, a nurse, also refers to new research. For example, studies show surgery can cause shortening of the penis and loss of some urine when aroused or with orgasm. To illustrate how each treatment option affects men and their loved ones, Katz shares couples’ stories about many choices, including “active surveillance” (delaying treatment). She also gives helpful “reflective questions,” such as, “What would you tell your partner if he is unsure of taking part in a clinical trial?” Like her first go round, this one is sensitively written and reassuring even when it’s covering end-of-life care for men with metastatic prostate cancer.

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