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Thursday, March 22, 2012

Journal of Cancer Survivorship, abstract: Patient perceptions of communications on the threshold of cancer survivorship: implications for provider responses (small study)



Abstract 

 "......confusion, insecurity, vulnerability, loss, and abandonment....."


Introduction  

Although high quality professional–patient communication is recognized as fundamental to effective cancer care, less attention has been paid to developing an evidence basis for communications surrounding the stage of the cancer journey when primary cancer treatment concludes, management responsibilities shift from oncology specialist services into the generalist care domain, and the patient transitions beyond patienthood and into survivorship.