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  #1 courtneycoe on 07 Aug 15

   

  I found this article rather interesting because I have been treating two cancer patients within the last few weeks of my rotation. This study examined patient satisfaction with treatment-planning and follow-up appointments among 58 recently diagnosed ENT and GI cancer patients seen at a multidisciplinary cancer clinic.Patients reported which medical specialties they saw, whether adjuvant treatment was planned, and whether they had a chance to discuss their feelings about the diagnosis. Patients also rated the attention paid by staff to several psychosocial issues considered relevant to cancer. These included how the patient was coping, support services available, and the issue of common emotional reactions to cancer. Results from this study suggests that patient satisfaction may enhance when hospital staff attend to and provide for the psychosocial needs by cancer.
  Walker, M. S., Ristvedt, S. L., & Haughey, B. H. (2003). Patient care in multidisciplinary cancer clinics: does attention to psychosocial needs predict patient satisfaction?. Psycho‐Oncology, 12(3), 291-300.

   

  <div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">I found this article rather interesting because I have been treating two cancer patients within the last few weeks of my rotation. This study examined patient satisfaction with treatment-planning and follow-up appointments among 58 recently diagnosed ENT and GI cancer patients seen at a multidisciplinary cancer clinic.Patients reported which medical specialties they saw, whether adjuvant treatment was planned, and whether they had a chance to discuss their feelings about the diagnosis. Patients also rated the attention paid by staff to several psychosocial issues considered relevant to cancer. These included how the patient was coping, support services available, and the issue of common emotional reactions to cancer. Results from this study suggests that patient satisfaction may enhance when hospital staff attend to and provide for the psychosocial needs by cancer. <br /> Walker, M. S., Ristvedt, S. L., & Haughey, B. H. (2003). Patient care in multidisciplinary cancer clinics: does attention to psychosocial needs predict patient satisfaction?. Psycho‐Oncology, 12(3), 291-300.</div>

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