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Creating an integrative survivorship program within a conventional medical culture within a lean economic environment.

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177Background: The Institute of Medicine report, From Cancer Patient to Cancer Survivor: Lost in Transition (2005) identified gaps in services for cancer patients upon completion of their initial phase of… Click to show full abstract

177Background: The Institute of Medicine report, From Cancer Patient to Cancer Survivor: Lost in Transition (2005) identified gaps in services for cancer patients upon completion of their initial phase of treatment. In response to these needs, the Commission on Cancer (CoC) (2015) defined survivorship as an official phase of treatment along the cancer care continuum. This case study examined the process of developing an integrative survivorship program that introduces complementary health approaches within a conventional oncology setting using limited financial resources. Methods: A case study design was applied to examine using complementary health approaches as the foundation of a newly implemented cancer survivorship program. A regional CoC accredited community was the research site. Data was collected from: empirical literature, a self-report inventory completed by participants, and archival data and was interpreted using the logic model framework. Results: Findings revealed that using a survivorship ...

Keywords: cancer; integrative survivorship; oncology; survivorship program

Journal Title: Journal of Clinical Oncology
Year Published: 2017

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