Product Description

Second edition of a clinical manual for homecare nurses on general information on bone marrow transplants and care of the patient. Previous edition 1994. Includes environmental aspects, psychosocial aspects, pediatric patients, and care standards. DNLM: Bone Marrow Transplantation nursing.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #3141765 in Books
• Published on: 1996-01
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Textbook Binding
• 147 pages

Customer Reviews

Written for nurses. OK for caregivers as well. Clinical.
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.