Patient-centered care in neuro-oncology

Oncology patient-centered medical home and accountable cancer care

Correspondence to: John D. Sprandio, MD, Consultants in Medical Oncology and Hematology, PC, 2100 Keystone Avenue, Suite 502, MOB, Drexel Hill, PA 19026; telephone: 610622-3818; fax: 610-622-6407; e-mail: jsprandio @cmoh.org. M edical oncologists are playing an ever-expanding role in the de livery of cancer care. The current and future challenges they face in their efforts to deliver effective,...

Oncology nurse communication barriers to patient-centered care.

Although quality communication has been identified as a necessary component to cancer care, communication skills training programs have yet to focus on the unique role of nurses. This study explored communication barriers as reported by seven nurse managers to better identify communication skills needed for oncology nurses to practice patient-centered care. Thematic analysis of transcripts was ...

Toward patient-centered drug development in oncology.

n engl j med 369;5 nejm.org august 1, 2013 397 this treatment?” Regrettably, this information is generally missing from U.S. drug labels and from published reports of clinical trials — the two information sources most commonly available to people trying to understand the clinical effects of cancer drugs. In 2011, 15 hematology–oncology drugs were approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administratio...

Cancer patient-centered home care: a new model for health care in oncology

Patient-centered home care is a new model of assistance, which may be integrated with more traditional hospital-centered care especially in selected groups of informed and trained patients. Patient-centered care is based on patients' needs rather than on prognosis, and takes into account the emotional and psychosocial aspects of the disease. This model may be applied to elderly patients, who pr...

Patient Centered Care Model