Homecare Management of the Blood Cell Transplant Patient [Paperback]

Cathy H. Kelley (Editor)

Book Description

Publication Date: January 15, 1998 | ISBN-10: 0763706124 | ISBN-13: 978-0763706128 | Edition: 3nd

Previous Edition 9780867207446

Product Details

• Paperback: 171 pages
• Publisher: Jones & Bartlett Pub; 3nd edition (January 15, 1998)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0763706124
• ISBN-13: 978-0763706128
• Product Dimensions: 10.6 x 8.3 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,755,868 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Written for nurses. OK for caregivers as well. Clinical., July 29, 1998

By A Customer

This review is from: Homecare Management of the Blood Cell Transplant Patient (Paperback)

The book is written for home care nurses who are taking care of blood cell transplant patients.

I ordered it because my wife will be heading into a stem cell transplant for breast cancer in a few months and I wanted to be more prepared for what we would face. I thought it was pretty helpful for me, but it does have a fair amount of medical jargon and is a bit clinical in tone. I suppose that those properties aren't unreasonable given the book's intended audience.

I highly recommend this book for spouses, significant others, and other family and friends who are planning on taking care of a blood transplant patient when they return home as long as they aren't intimidated by medical jargon and a clinical style.

Don't read this book if you are intimidated by jargon, don't really want to know how the process works or what complications might develop, or if you are put off by an impersonal clinical description of what is going on in the body of someone you love.