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.
