Cancer Caregiving in the United States Research, Practice, Policy

Despite advances in detection and treatment, cancer remains a source of pain and distress to patients and of complex challenges to the loved ones caring for them. The trend toward shorter hospital stays in particular has increased the physical, psychologi

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official publication of The Rosalynn Carter Institute for Caregiving

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Editorial Board

Janet Abrahm, MD Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Brookline Avenue, Boston Samira K. Beckwith, ACSW, CHE Hope Hospice & Palliative Care, Myers, USA Karlynn BrintzenhofeSzoc, DSW, LCSW-C Catholic University of America, Hyattsville, USA Jack Burkhalter, PhD Memorial Sloan-Kettering, New York, USA Anne M. Butler, RN Holly Cross Hospital, Silver Spring, USA Harvey Jay Cohen, MD Duke University Medical Center, Durham, USA Betty Ferrell, PhD, FAAN City of Hope, Duarte, USA Marilyn Frank-Stromborg, EdD Northern Illinois University, IIIinois, USA Barbara Given, PhD, RN, FAAN Michigan State University, East Lansing, USA Mitch Golant Cancer Support Community, Pasadena, USA Carol D. Goodheart, EdD Rutgers University, New York, USA Marcia Grant, RN, DNS, FAAN City of Hope, Duarte, USA Sandra Haber, PhD Adeiphi University, Long Island, USA Karen Hartman, BA, MSW Association of Clinical Research Professionals, Alexandria, USA

Pamela Hinds, PhD, RN, CS St. Jude Children’s Hospital, Memphis, USA Jimmie C. Holland, MD Memorial Sloan-Kettering, New York, USA Peter S. Houts, PhD Pennsylvania State University College of Medicine, Hershey, USA Barry M. Kinzbrunner, MD, FACP VITAS Healthcare Corporation, Miami, USA Margaret M. Memmott, MPH Children’s Hospital Los Angeles, Los Angeles, USA Laurel Northouse, PhD, RN, FAAN School of Nursing, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, USA Laurence J. O’Connell Ministry Leadership Center, Sacramento, USA Shirley Otis-Green, LCSW City Of Hope National Medical Center, Duarte, USA Judith Riggs, MA Alzheimer’s Association, Washington, DC, USA Teresa Rummans, MD Mayo Clinic, Rochester, USA Sheila Judge Santacroce, PhD, APRN, CPNP Yale University School of Nursing, New Haven, USA Martin L. Smith, STD Cleveland Clinic Main Campus, Cleveland, USA Gina Tesauro, MSW National Cancer Institute, Rockville, USA Reed Thompson, MD Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, USA Jean Watson, PhD University of Colorado, Colorado, USA Micheal A. Weitzner H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center, Tampa, USA Deane L. Wolcott, MD UCLA Dept of Psychiatry and Behavioral School, Los Angeles, USA

Ronda C. Talley • Ruth McCorkle Walter F. Baile Editors

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Editors Dr. Ronda C. Talley Western Kentucky University Bowling Green, KY, USA Ruth McCorkle School of Nursing Yale University New Haven, CT, USA

Walter F. Baile Department of Behavioral Science M.D. Anderson Cancer Center University of Texas Houston, TX, USA

ISSN 2192-340X ISSN 2192-3418 (electronic) ISBN 978-1-4614-3153-4 ISBN 978-1-4614-3154-1 (eBook) DOI 10.1007/978-1-4614-3154-1 Springer New York Dordrecht Heidelberg London Library of Congress Control Number: 2012934957 © Springer Science+Business Media, LLC 2012 All rights reserved. This work may not be translated or copied in whole or in part without the written permission of the publisher (Springer Science+B