RESUMO
Ambulatory cancer care rather than prolonged hospital care is becoming increasingly more common. The total care of patients requires both psychological and medical support to meet the varied problems of cancer. A coordinated home care program is presented utilizing a team of health care professionals who, using video instructions, teach family, friends and patients ways to improve their health through nutrition, exercise and body care. Psychological aspects of cancer are reviewed, and suggestions on how to improve coping skills are presented. Through planning, understanding, a caring medical team and a supportive family, successful ambulatory care can be provided to the cancer patient thereby helping him/her to live with cancer.
Assuntos
Assistência Ambulatorial/organização & administração , Neoplasias/terapia , Assistência Ambulatorial/psicologia , Assistência Domiciliar , Humanos , Neoplasias/psicologia , Equipe de Assistência ao Paciente , RecreaçãoRESUMO
Weight loss and cachexia frequently accompany malignant disease and its treatment. Semistarvation is common in patients in hospital and in patients with cancer as well. Adequate nutrition is essential in treatment of malignant conditions. Patients and families as well as the medical community should use a comprehensive approach to improving the caloric and protein intake of patients who are still able to benefit from oral intake and further therapy.
