Morag Currin - Oncology Esthetics: A Practitioners Guide Revised & Expanded Edition

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To the many people in both the medical and spa arena with whom I have connected over the years since my first Oncology Esthetics book was published, and since our first Oncology Esthetics training commenced in 2008, we have come a long way ... the right people have connected with us in order for us to continue pioneering our concept, and we have seen the benefits and results of what we do come to the forefront.

This book is dedicated to both medical professionals and estheticians/skin care specialists who take on the challenge of doing their absolute best for this group of patients/clients. There are amongst this group some extraordinarily special people. And for them, Im grateful.

To those wonderful spa therapists who seek out to make a difference in our world, you are providing each client with a more educated, safe spa/clinic treatment which makes a huge image on their body image and quality of life.

In crafting the structure and content of this book, Morag Currin and I came up against the potential complication of specific terms and phrases that seem to connote themselves differently in different parts of the world. To wit, the term esthetician, while prevalent in the Western world, is superseded elsewhere by the preferred use of skin care professional, or skin care therapist, or skin care specialist. Moreover, identifying a person undergoing treatment as either a patient, which is common to a strictly medical setting, or a client, which is more common to an esthetic or spa setting, quickly became a sticky question for us to answer.

While in the main, these groups of terms might well apply in a general sense to their respective roles, we wished to avoid as much confusion and redundancy as possible; yet, we did not want to belabor a point perhaps all too clear to the common reader of this book. Therefore the reader will find the following usage in the course of this book:

The combined term esthetician/skin care specialist has been employed throughout, except in places where spacing issues or design elements precluded it; and the combined term patient/client is employed diplomatically, which is to say that while it is not universal throughout the book, it is employed for the purpose of erring toward clarity. It falls into disusei.e., patient or client standing on their ownwhen the crux of a given part of this books discussion tends clearly toward an exclusive environment, e.g., the spa or clinic, versus the medical office, as in Chapter 11s look at the spa environment for oncology clients. For all intent and purpose, these terms are intended to be synonymous.

We hope this solution is one that benefits all readers equally and does not in any way detract from the quality of this volume, which Morag Currin has created to aid you on your path toward success and enrichment.

The language of oncology is something that needs to be understood by estheticians/skin care specialists, especially when talking to a person who is undergoing, or has undergone, cancer treatment. It is in your best interest to know this language when talking to medical professionals, or if your goals are to volunteer or work in an oncology setting. I have, for ease of understanding, applied in most cases at least two descriptions of each term in this glossary, which hopefully will make for easier reading, as we all have different levels of understanding. I have also added bracketed pronunciation guides for complex or polysyllabic terms. This glossary is listed in alphabetical order for ease of reference. Included are terms that I have come across most often when applying spa treatments, but for more clarification, or for term definitions connotated to specific regions, I can recommend the following:

Australia: Australia Government/Cancer Australia; http://canceraustralia.gov.au/affected-cancer/cancer-types/gynaecologicalcancers/ovarian-cancer/about-ovarian-cancer/glossary

UnitedStates: The National Cancer Institute, www.cancer.gov/dictionary; American Cancer Society, www.cancer.org/cancer/cancerglossary/index; American Association for Cancer Research, www.aacr.org/home/survivors--advocates/glossary-of-cancer-terms.aspx