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Informationen zum Autor Youngmee Kim, PhD is Professor of Psychology and Member of the Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center at the University of Miami. Her research focuses on the biobehavioral mechanisms of cancer linking to the quality of life of cancer patients/survivors and their family caregivers at the individual as well as family/dyadic levels. Her work has been supported by the American Cancer Society and the National Institute of Health.Matthew J. Loscalzo, LCSW is the Liliane Elkins Professor in Supportive Care Programs in the Department of Supportive Care Medicine and Professor in Department of Population Sciences. He is also the Executive Director of the Department of Supportive Care Medicine and the Administrative Director of the Sheri & Les Biller Patient and Family Resource Center at the City of Hope-National Medical Center, Duarte California, USA. He has over 37 years experience in caring for cancer patients and their families. He is recognized internationally as a pioneer in the clinical, educational, and research domains of psychosocial aspects of cancer. Klappentext Gender in Psycho-Oncology is the first book of its kind to provide comprehensive views on the role of gender in the adjustment of the individual and the patient-caregiver pair when dealing with cancer. The text explores the significant role of gender in diverse pairings of genders between the patient and the caregiver. It also highlights the importance of age, generation, and socio-cultural characteristics; the illness trajectory and lifespan trajectory ofthe individual and the patient-caregiver pair; and an ongoing sociocultural movement that is changing social role expectations based on gender. Zusammenfassung As cancer treatment has evolved toward precision medicine, psychosocial research and practices for cancer patients and their family members have also raised awareness of the need for a personalized, patient-focused, family-oriented approach in the Psycho-Oncology field. Gender in Psycho-Oncology is the first book of its kind to provide comprehensive views on the role of gender in the adjustment of the individual and the patient-caregiver pair when dealing with cancer. The text explores the significant role of gender in diverse pairings of genders between the patient and the caregiver. It also highlights the importance of age, generation, and socio-cultural characteristics; the illness trajectory and lifespan trajectory of the individual and the patient-caregiver pair; and an ongoing sociocultural movement that is changing social role expectations based on gender. Offering both fundamental and practical information, Gender in Psycho-Oncology is an ideal book for healthcare practitioners from a spectrum of disciplines in the Psycho-Oncology field. Inhaltsverzeichnis Chapter 1: Introduction to Gender in Psycho-Oncology Matthew J. Loscalzo Section 1: Theories on the role of gender in adjustment to illness-related stress Chapter 2: Theoretical perspectives on gender and gender-related processes in adjustment to cancer Emma E. Bright and Annette L. Stanton Chapter 3: Theories of Gender in Adjustment to Medical Illness: Family-oriented Perspective Youngmee Kim, Hannah-Rose Mitchell, and Amanda Ting Section 2: Gender-based Types of Patient-Caregiver Pairs Across Cancer Trajectory Chapter 4: Men Caring for Women in the Cancer Context Mariët Hagedoorn and Tracey A. Revenson Chapter 5: Female Caregivers to Female Cancer Survivors Ulrike Boehmer, Melissa A. Clark, and Lisa Fredman Chapter 6: Male Patients and Their Male Caregivers Thomas O. Blank, Lara Descartes, and Marysol Asencio Chapter 7: Female Caregivers of Male Cancer Patients Terry Badger and Chris Segrin Section 3: Age, Generation, Socio-Cultural Impact of Different Gender Pairs Chapter 8: The Integration of Aging and Gender to Understand the Cancer Experience among Older Adults
