Professional Practice (Cancer and Palliative Care) pt

• Dissertation (optional)
• End of Life Care and Symptom Management
• Research and Innovation in Practice (optional)
• Select 60 credits from the BSc/BA Optional Module menu. (See programme specification)

This course covers the following topics:

• The philosophy of cancer care
• The scientific basis of cancer: epidemiology, aetiology, carcinogenesis, the genetic basis of cancer
• Cancer prevention and early detection
• Screening, investigations, staging, diagnosis
• Disease trajectories
• Site specific cancers and metastatic disease
• The social, psychological , emotional, spiritual and cultural context of cancer care
• Treatment modalities to include surgery, radiotherapy, chemotherapy, hormone therapies, biological therapies, complementary therapies
• Current trends in cancer management and health promotion
• Evidence based practice and cancer related clinical studies
• Acute oncology services and oncological emergencies
• Rehabilitation and survivorship
• Contemporary issues: e.g. the expert patient, community versus hospital care
• Health policy and Cancer NHS reform
• Social attitudes to death and dying
• Death in society and dying trajectories
• Policy relating to end of life care
• Assessment of quality of life and suffering
• Communications skills
• Symptom management
• Psychological issues:
• Ethical issues
• Care of the family
• Bereavement care
• End of life care for people with dementia
• Safeguarding