1st Edition
A Theory of Cancer Care in Healthcare Settings
1. An Introduction to Theory. Theory formation for practice [C. L. Cox]
2. Phenomenology and Theory Formation, With Reference to Health Care. [Alphons Grieder]
3. Existing Theories in Cancer Care [Anne Elisabeth Belcher, Jennifer Wenzel Song, Maya Zumstein-Shaha]
4. Theory of The Omnipresence of Cancer. Including two Concepts Uncertainty and Transitoriness [Carol Lynn Cox, Maya Zumstein-Shaha]
5. Ethical Dimensions of the Theory. The Omnipresence of Cancer [Verena Tschudin, Maya Zumstein-Shaha]
6. Transitoriness. instrument Development [Gina Tavares Sobral, Maya Zumstein-Shaha]
7. Coping Strategies in Cancer Patients [Gora DaRocha, Sandra Gaillard Desmedt]
8. Uncertainty in Cancer Patients [Maya Zumstein-Shaha, Carol Lynn Cox, Danny Kelly, Kirsi Talman]
9. Spirituality in Healthcare Provision [Carol Lynn Cox]
10. Epilogue [Carol Lynn Cox, Maya Zumstein-Shaha]
Biography
Dr Maya Shaha is a senior lecturer at the University of Lausanne, Switzerland. Dr Shaha teaches nursing theory and also supervises students studying at Masters and Doctoral level. Dr Shaha also serves as a scientific collaborator in the Department of Nursing Development of the Inselspital, Bern University Hospital in Switzerland.
Dr Carol L. Cox is a Professor Emeritus at City University, London. She has been involved in teaching and research at various universities in the United Kingdom, Norway and the United States of America since 1987. Dr Cox practices as a nurse and instructs students and recent graduates (nursing, medicine, pharmaceutical and physiotherapy) at the Health and Hope Clinic in Pensacola, Florida, USA.
