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Why it is essential to partner information with hope for breast cancer patients
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Cancer Science & Therapy

ISSN: 1948-5956

Open Access

Why it is essential to partner information with hope for breast cancer patients


JOINT EVENT:19th Euro Congress on Cancer Science and Therapy & 25th Cancer Nursing & Nurse Practitioners Conference

July 17-19, 2017 Lisbon, Portugal

Katelyn Carey

Beauty After Breast Cancer, USA

Posters & Accepted Abstracts: J Cancer Sci Ther

Abstract :

As providers we believe we are effectively educating breast cancer patients. Many patients do not agree. The Beauty After Breast Cancer (BABC) project examines and addresses two major problems: we need to present what both patients and practitioners consider to be essential information in a way that patients can process, we also need to provide hope as a partner to information so as not to overwhelm patients who are already in crisis. Addressing these two problems creates improved comprehension, higher patient engagement, better overall health, and more family/support involvement. In BABC, we interviewed oncologists, nurses, and surgeons then paired their information with the tips and information patients identified as most important. We also completely revised the standard photos used for education. Clinical photos can accidentally intimidate, and create confusion and unrealistic expectations of perfect outcomes every time. This results in decreased patient satisfaction with providers and with personal outcomes. BABC photos show varying results of all the most common breast cancer surgeries on a wide range of body types and ages. Most importantly we show people who are visibly present in â??life beyond cancerâ?. These photos create a sense of hope for new patients that they too can reach a place where life becomes joyful again. The stories, portraits and words of these patients are worth sharing. They offer insight into how we are failing to meet the needs of these patients, and how we can fix that.

Biography :

Email: RNCarey@gmail.com

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