This guide gives background and practical information on the psychological problems and their management in cancer patients.

Inhalt
I. Historical Overview.- Psychosocial Issues in Oncology: A Historical Perspective.- II. Patient Care Issues.- Crisis and Coping: Learning to Live with Cancer.- Patient information and Participation.- Patient Information: Practical Guidelines.- Diagnosis and Management of Symptoms from a Psychological Perspective.- Employing Specialist Workers to Detect Psychological and Social Morbidity.- Psychological and Psychiatric Interventions.- III. Psychosocial and Behavioural Factors in Cancer Risk and Survival.- Psychosocial Risk Factors in Cancer.- Behavioural Factors in Cancer Risk and Survival.- IV. Methods of Assessment in Clinical Practice and Research.- Screening for the Need of Psychosocial Intervention.- Quality of Life Assessment in Cancer Clinical Trials.- V. Future Directions for Training and Research.- Informed Consent and Cancer Clinical Research.- Suicide and Euthanasia.- Unorthodox Cancer Treatments.- Psychoneuroimmunological Studies.- Psychological Sequelae in Cancer Survivors.- Screening for Breast Cancer.- Training in Psychosocial Oncology.