GENDER IN PSYCHO-ONCOLOGY

Chapter 1: Introduction to Gender in Psycho-Oncology
• 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
Chapter 3: Theories of Gender in Adjustment to Medical Illness: Family-oriented Perspective
• Section 2: Gender-based Types of Patient-Caregiver Pairs Across Cancer Trajectory
Chapter 4: Men Caring for Women in the Cancer Context
Chapter 5: Female Caregivers to Female Cancer Survivors
Chapter 6: Male Patients and Their Male Caregivers
Thomas O. Blank, Lara Descartes, and Marysol Asencio
Chapter 7: Female Caregivers of Male Cancer Patients
• 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
Chapter 9: Gender Considerations in Adolescents and Young Adults with Cancer
Chapter 10: Exploring Gender and Cultural, Socioecological Considerations in Psycho-Oncology
• Section 4: Current Integrative Practices and Future Directions
Chapter 11: When the Invisible Screen Becomes Visible: Sex and Gender Matters in Biopsychosocial Programs
Chapter 12: Psycho-oncology Interventions and Programs for Sexual and Gender Minorities
Chapter 13: Next Steps in Gender-oriented Psycho-Oncology Research and Practices

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.

Features
• Sheds new light on personalized, patient-focused, family-oriented psychosocial research and practices in Psycho-Oncology
• Provides comprehensive views on the role of gender from both the patient and caregiver perspectives, when facing cancer
• Offers both fundamental and practical information to healthcare practitioners from diverse disciplines

Authors
• Youngmee Kim, Associate Professor of Psychology, Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of Miami,
• Matthew J. Loscalzo, Administrative Director of Sheri & Les Biller Patient and Family Resource Center, the Liliane Elkins Professor of Supportive Care Programs, a Professor of Population Science, and the Executive Director of the Department of Supportive Care Medicine, City of Hope Comprehensive Cancer Center