Image from Google Jackets

Weight loss within the process of dying : an exploration of the experience of weight loss among patients with advanced cancer

By:

Pettifer, A

Publication details: Thesis (MSc)-University of London, 1999Subject(s):

Contents:

Introduction ; Literature review ; Research design ; Constructs of weight loss ; Conclusions : implications of the study for future clinical practice and research ; References ; Appendices

Summary: This study concludes that weight loss is a significant source of distress for patients with advanced cancer and contributes to weakness and physical dependence, forces changes in self-image and identity and is a powerful signal of decline into advancing ill-health and death.

Holdings
Item type	Home library	Class number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Reference book	David Adams Library (Royal Marsden) Library Office	OFFICE (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Not for loan		0000003656

Browsing David Adams Library (Royal Marsden) shelves, Shelving location: Library Office Close shelf browser (Hides shelf browser)

Previous	No cover image available	No cover image available	No cover image available	No cover image available	No cover image available	No cover image available	No cover image available	Next
Previous	OFFICE Does the comorbidity of cancer and dementia impact on the quality of end of life care as experienced by these patients and their families? How can the end of life care experience for these patients and their families be improved with the palliative care oncology setting?	OFFICE Being a man with prostate cancer : adjusting to the impact of diagnosis and treatment on sexuality	OFFICE Are we considering health literacy when producing information for breast cancer patients	OFFICE Weight loss within the process of dying : an exploration of the experience of weight loss among patients with advanced cancer	OFFICE The information needs of individuals with cancer : the nurses role	OFFICE The assessment of menopausal symptoms in breast cancer survivors	OFFICE How can women be helped to make first line decisions around treatment for early breast cancer ?	Next

Introduction ; Literature review ; Research design ; Constructs of weight loss ; Conclusions : implications of the study for future clinical practice and research ; References ; Appendices

This study concludes that weight loss is a significant source of distress for patients with advanced cancer and contributes to weakness and physical dependence, forces changes in self-image and identity and is a powerful signal of decline into advancing ill-health and death.

There are no comments on this title.

to post a comment.

Storage	Name	Value	Expiration	Description
Cookie	CGISESSID	Session ID	Until logout or end of session	Session cookie
Cookie	KohaOpacLanguage	Language code	3 years	Stores the language the user selected, so the online catalog will appear in that same language the next time it is visited.
Cookie	form_serialized form_serialized_limits	Search terms and limits	End of session or when the advanced search page is accessed again.	jQuery cookie. Stores search terms and limits of the last advanced search. Set when an advanced search is submitted.
Cookie	search_path_code	ads (fewer) or exs (more)	End of session or when the advanced search page is accessed again.	jQuery cookie. Related to serialized_form* cookies. Stores if the advanced search form was used with 'More options' or 'Fewer options'.
Cookie	num_paragraph	Count of search options added	End of session or when the advanced search page is accessed again.	jQuery cookie. Used to store the number of created options when user selects 'More options' in advanced search to increase search boxes.
Cookie	bib_list	List of record IDs (biblionumbers) separated by /	End of session or until the cart is emptied.	Stores cart contents in the online catalog. Set when records are added to the cart for the first time.