{"product_id":"9781906716097","title":"Better Cancer Care: A Whole Systems Approach to Practice","description":"In Better Cancer Care: A Systemic Approach to Practice, the authors reposition the thinking, practice, and policy about cancer. They suggest that the illness and its impact are best understood in the wider context of people's whole lives, and that treatment should move away from a purely disease and individualistic understanding. Based on their findings from the largest study of its kind, the authors describe the experiences of people who have recently been diagnosed with cancer. At its core, this book proposes just one message: the experience of cancer affects not just individuals. Though the disease resides in individuals, its effects are felt across far-reaching contexts and multiple relationships. Taking a systemic approach to cancer care means recognizing the need to understand the entire context in which people experience and make sense of their illness, particularly their interconnectedness and interrelationships with others. This means broadening out from a patient-centered approach to embracing the wider context in which the illness is experienced, including the relational and social aspects of the impacts of cancer and cancer care. The book highlights critical junctures where practice can be better geared to a systemic understanding. Crucially, this falls on demonstrating the pivotal role that wider relationship and social networks play. Building on the empirical research, the book develops a theory of an enhanced culture of caring which strengthens services' abilities to support those diagnosed with cancer. This research study has international relevance for people working in cancer care and, by extension, for all those treating people coping with life-limiting or life-threatening diseases.","brand":"Dunedin Academic Press Ltd.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47051241029872,"sku":"9781906716097","price":48.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781906716097_p0.jpg?v=1763618602","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781906716097","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}