Building a psychosocial and spiritual care service for children with cancer and their families
SA Journal of Oncology
| Field | Value | |
| Title | Building a psychosocial and spiritual care service for children with cancer and their families | |
| Creator | Hendricks, Marc Steenveld, Clint M. Thompson, Vanessa Andrade, Anabela Kahl, Gisela Farlam, Peter Balagadde-Kambugu, Joyce Hendricks, Shehaam Rackstraw, Angela Pedersen, Lynn Burger, Dianne R. Meiring, Michelle A. Davidson, Alan van Eyssen, Ann | |
| Description | Background: Comprehensive, coordinated psychosocial, supportive and spiritual care is an essential component of the holistic care of childhood cancer sufferers and their families.Aim: The authors detail the development and value of a multidisciplinary psychosocial care team as an essential adjunct to care of childhood cancer sufferers.Methods: A historic preamble details a period during which psychosocial and supportive care was the sole province of the paediatric oncologists and social workers and describes that the process of creating a multidisciplinary psychosocial and spiritual care team has enhanced medical care.Results: Each member of the psychosocial group describes their care philosophy and their role in the clinical setting. We also describe the critical role of the meeting as a teaching vehicle for oncology fellows.Conclusion: This reproducible partnership between public and private sector practitioners, designed in a resource-constrained setting, affords a diverse and highly skilled group of professionals the opportunity to meet the medical, psychological, social and spiritual needs of patients and families as they transition through the care journey. | |
| Publisher | AOSIS | |
| Date | 2019-01-31 | |
| Identifier | 10.4102/sajo.v3i0.52 | |
| Source | South African Journal of Oncology; Vol 3 (2019); 8 pages 2523-0646 2518-8704 | |
| Language | eng | |
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https://sajo.org.za/index.php/sajo/article/view/52/174
https://sajo.org.za/index.php/sajo/article/view/52/173
https://sajo.org.za/index.php/sajo/article/view/52/175
https://sajo.org.za/index.php/sajo/article/view/52/172
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