Cancer, Culture and Communication

This volume creates a multi-disciplinary dialogue about clinician-patient communication. It offers a description of the relevance of culture as a contextual effect that impacts the clinician-patient relationship. Some important topics addressed include:
-Oncology care;
-Quality of life issues;
-Supportive survivorship;
-Cultural differences in health care;
-Multidisciplinary medical approaches.
This book is for physicians, nurses, hospice and palliative care professionals and public health professionals who would like to understand the ways we can improve clinician-patient communication in culturally diverse medical settings. It is also suitable for graduate level courses in medical education, oncology, and health care.