TY - BOOK ID - 214567 TI - Rehabilitation and palliation of cancer patients : patient care AU - Delbruck, Hermann. AU - Academie europeenne de medecine de readaptation. PY - 2007 SN - 128149108X 9786611491086 2287728279 2287728260 PB - Paris ; New York : Springer, DB - UniCat KW - Cancer KW - Palliative treatment. KW - Patients KW - Rehabilitation. KW - Treatment KW - Oncology  . KW - Pain Medicine. KW - Oncology. KW - Rehabilitation Medicine. KW - Medicine KW - Tumors KW - Algiatry KW - Rehabilitation medicine. KW - Pain medicine. KW - Medicine, Rehabilitation KW - Rehabilitation medicine KW - Rehabilitation KW - Medicine, Physical UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:214567 AB - To improve quality of life for cancer patients has been the endeavour of the author for the past 25 years in rehabilitation and palliation. To maintain quality of life is an important challenge not only for health aftercare service, but also in palliative and terminal situations. The invasiveness of some of the current therapies and the restricted life expectancy of many patients led to the change in therapeutic paradigms. Rehabilitation and palliation have become an essential part of modern comprehensive cancer care. There are many excellent text books in cancer management which provide therapeutic recommendations thereby influencing the disease. Quality of life is now the second parameter after survival used to evaluate the effectiveness of first line oncologial therapies and is still the first parameter of most therapies in the case of recurrence. It contains experiences of the author and specific instructions how to assess, treat and evaluate rehabilitative and palliative measures. ER -