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Title Cancer chemotherapy : a nursing process approach / Margaret Barton Burke ... [and others]
Edition Second edition
Published Sudbury, Mass. : Jones and Bartlett, [1996]
©1996

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 MELB  616.994061 Bur/Cca 1996  AVAILABLE
Description xvii, 727 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Series Jones and Bartlett series in oncology
Jones and Bartlett series in oncology.
Contents Ch. 1. Oncology Nursing Practice: The Role of the Nurse in Support of Progress in Cancer Treatment / Jean F. Jenkins -- Ch. 2. Cell Cycle Kinetics and Antineoplastic Agents / Karen C. Ingwersen -- Ch. 3. Biotherapy: The Fourth Modality / Paula Trahan Rieger -- Ch. 4. New Frontiers of Chemotherapy / Cynthia R. King -- Ch. 5. Potential Toxicities and Nursing Management / Gail M. Wilkes -- Ch. 6. Chemotherapeutic Agents: Standardized Nursing Care Plans to Minimize Toxicity -- Ch. 7. Drug Interactions with Cancer Chemotherapy / Reginald S. King -- Ch. 8. Care of the Pediatric Oncology Patient / Sue P. Heiney and Linda M. Wells -- Ch. 9. Chemotherapy in the Elderly: Considerations for Clinical Practice / Constance Engelking -- Ch. 10. Principles of Chemotherapy Administration / Deborah Berg -- Ch. 11. Drug Delivery Systems / Deborah Berg -- Ch. 12. The Safe Handling of Cancer Chemotherapeutic Agents / Catherine K. Bean
Appendix 1. National Cancer Institute's Common Toxicity Criteria -- Appendix 2. Chemotherapeutic Acronyms -- Appendix 3. Controlling Occupational Exposure to Hazardous Drugs: OSHA Guidelines -- Appendix 4. Cancer Chemotherapeutic Agents Compatibility Chart -- Appendix 5. Nomograms for Determination of Body Surface Area from Height and Weight (Adults) -- Appendix 6. Table of Standard Body Weights (Pounds - Kilograms) -- Appendix 7. Nomograms for Determination of Body Surface Area from Height and Weight (Children) -- Appendix 8. Examples of Pediatric Resources -- Appendix 9. Yellow Pages for Cancer Chemotherapy
Analysis Humans Cancer Drug therapy
Humans Cancer Nursing
Notes Previous ed.: 1991
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Subject Antineoplastic agents -- Therapeutic use -- Study and teaching.
Antineoplastic agents -- Therapeutic use.
Cancer -- Chemotherapy.
Cancer -- Nursing.
Tumors -- Chemotherapy -- Study and teaching.
Tumors -- Nursing.
Antineoplastic Agents -- therapeutic use.
Neoplasms -- drug therapy.
Neoplasms -- nursing.
Genre/Form Nurses Instruction.
Author Barton-Burke, Margaret.
LC no. 96004658
ISBN 0867207183