Sexual Health, Fertility, and Relationships in Cancer Care
Edited by Maggie Watson and David Kissane
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Edited by Maggie Watson, Honorary Clinical Psychologist, Institute for Cancer Research, and Edited by David Kissane, Professor and Head, Department of Psychiatry, Monash University
Maggie Watson, PhD, co-Founded the British Psychosocial Oncology Society [BPOS] in 1982 and is President Emeritus of the International Psycho-oncology Society. She is currently a member of the IPOS Publications Committee and Education Committee, as well as the Editor-in-Chief of the Psycho-oncology Journal. The author nine books and 200 publications, Dr. Watson among the top ten highest cited authors in the field of Psycho-oncology from 1994-2015. Her clinical research interests span psychological interventions including Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, Cancer and Families, Cancer Genetics, and Psychological Aspects of Prostate Cancer. David W. Kissane, AC, MD, FRANZCP, FAChPM, FACLP, is an academic psychiatrist, psycho-oncology researcher and palliative care physician. He currently holds the Chair of Palliative Medicine Research for the University of Notre Dame Australia (2019 - ) and the Cunningham Centre at St Vincent's Sydney, NSW, while also being Head of the Szalmuk Family
Psycho-Oncology Research Centre (2012- ) at Cabrini Health in Malvern, VIC. His scholarship has contributed significantly to the use of support groups in cancer care, developed a model of family-centered care in both palliative care and bereavement, researched the state of demoralization as a form of existential distress, and built a comprehensive communication skills training program for oncology and palliative care.
Contributors:
Zeba Ahmad, EdM, MA
PhD Student
Health Psychology & Clinical Science
Hunter College and the Graduate Center, City University of New York
New York City, NY
Alison Alpert
University of Rochester Medical Centre
Rochester, New York City, NY, United States
Catherine Benedict, PhD
Clinical Assistant Professor
Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences
Stanford School of Medicine
Palo Alto, CA, United States
Jennifer S. Ford, PhD
Professor
Department of Psychology
Hunter College and the Graduate Center, City University of New York
New York City, NY
Annette Hasenburg
Head of Department, Head of Oncology Centre
Mainz University Medical Center
Mainz, Germany
Alexandra Hawkey
Translational Health Research Institute, School of Medicine
Western Sydney University, Australia
Nick Hulbert- Williams, BSc (Hons), PhD, CPsychol, AFBPsS
Professor of Behavioural Medicine
Centre for Contextual Behavioural Science, School of Psychology
University of Chester
Chester, Cheshire
Michael Jefford, MBBS, MPH, MHlthServMt, PhD, GAICD, FRACP
Consultant Medical Oncologist
Department of Medical Oncology
Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre
Melbourne, VIC, Australia
Ilona Juraskova, PhD, MPsych, BA(Hons)
Associate Professor in Health Psychology
Psychology
The University of Sydney
Sydney, NSW, Australia
Charles Kamen
University of Rochester Medical Centre
Rochester, New York City, NY, United States
Andrea Kiemen, Dr. rer. medic.
Senior Researcher
Interdisciplinary Tumor Center-
Comprehensive Cancer Centre
Endowed Professorship for Self-help Research
Freiburg, Baden- Württemberg, Germany
Vicky Lehmann, PhD
Senior Researcher
Department of Medical Psychology
Amsterdam University Medical Centers, University of Amsterdam
Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Karolina Lisy
Australian Cancer Survivorship Centre
Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre
VIC, Australia
Michelle Peate, PhD, MScMed(RH&HG), GradDipSc(Biol), BSc(Bioinfo)
Program Leader, Psychosocial Health and Wellbeing Research (emPoWeR) Unit
Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology
University of Melbourne
Parkville, VIC, Australia
Janette Perz
Translational Health Research Institute, School of Medicine
Western Sydney University, Australia
Roxana Schwab
Head of Gynecologic Dysplasia Unit
Mainz University Medical Center
Mainz, Germany
Jane M. Ussher
Translational Health Research Institute
School of Medicine
Western Sydney University
Penrith, NSW, Australia
Joachim Weis, Prof PhD
Full Professor
Peer- Support Research
Medical Faculty and University Clinic Freiburg Comprehensive Cancer Center
Freiburg, Germany
Daniela Wittmann, PhD, MSW
Associate Professor
Department of Urology
Adjunct Associate Professor
School of Social Work
University of Michigan
Ann Arbor, MI, United States
Talia I. Zaider, PhD
Assistant Attending Psychologist and Director
Family Therapy Clinic
Department of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
New York City, NY, United States
