Cancer Care in the Post-COVID World
Cancer Care in the Post-COVID World
A UK and European Perspective on Learning from the Pandemic
Open Access: BY 4.0
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Publisher: Springer Nature
ISBN: 9783031338557
Pages: 165

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ISBN: 9783031338557
This Open Access textbook, endorsed by UK Oncology Nursing Society (UKONS), covers the effects impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on Cancer care and how health care professionals and people with a cancer diagnosis have been affected. It discusses current research covering COVID and Cancer and considers the different impacts on patients with solid tumours and those with a haematological malignancy. The authors critically appraise how technology has been used to combat the pandemic as well as impacts on patient management and their well-being, education of health care professionals as well as the delivery of oncology cancer treatments. They also examine the ongoing psychological effects on patients, health care professionals and provide an analysis of the effects of the pandemic on the charitable sector in cancer care. Importantly this book provides both a UK and a European perspective on the above as well as looking forward to appraise the long-term effect of the pandemic on cancer care, both positive and negative.
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This Open Access textbook, endorsed by UK Oncology Nursing Society (UKONS), covers the effects impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on Cancer care and how health care professionals and people with a cancer diagnosis have been affected. It discusses current research covering COVID and Cancer and considers the different impacts on patients with solid tumours and those with a haematological malignancy. The authors critically appraise how technology has been used to combat the pandemic as well as impacts on patient management and their well-being, education of health care professionals as well as the delivery of oncology cancer treatments. They also examine the ongoing psychological effects on patients, health care professionals and provide an analysis of the effects of the pandemic on the charitable sector in cancer care. Importantly this book provides both a UK and a European perspective on the above as well as looking forward to appraise the long-term effect of the pandemic on cancer care, both positive and negative.
Table of contents
  • Cancer Care in the Post-COVID World
  • Introduction
  • Contents
  • 1. Personal Experiences of Receiving Systemic Anti-Cancer Treatment During the COVID -19 Pandemic
  • 2. Research Background COVID and Cancer
  • 3. Haematological Perspectives on COVID-19 and Cancer
  • 4. Telehealth, Digital Technology and the COVID-19 Pandemic, the Impact on Cancer Care
  • 5. Virtual Consultations: Considering Staff Training and Patient Experience
  • 6. European Perspectives on Cancer and the Pandemic
  • 7. The Effect of the COVID-19 Pandemic on the Charity Sector
  • 8. Impact on Cancer Education COVID-19
  • 9. The Psychological Impact of COVID-19 on Healthcare Staff: Support Mechanisms and Leadership Approaches
  • 10. Guilt and Miracles: A Personal History of the Nightingale Hospital
  • 11. Cancer Patient Management and Flow During the COVID-19 Pandemic
  • 12. The Delivery of Systemic Anti-Cancer Therapies (SACT) During the COVID-19 Pandemic
  • 13. The Legacy of the COVID-19 Pandemic in Cancer Care

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