| Literature DB >> 21391070 |
Carla Parry1, Elizabeth Morningstar, Jeffery Kendall, Eric A Coleman.
Abstract
This study explored survivors' perspectives on care delivery and supportive care needs during reentry. Fifty-one individual interviews were conducted with adult leukemia and lymphoma survivors, 3 to 48 months from treatment cessation. Survivors reported poor continuity of care across the patient-survivor transition, difficulty finding appropriate information/services, lack of preparation, lack of support for survivorship issues, and inadequate or poorly timed follow-up as factors contributing to adjustment difficulties at end of treatment and beyond. Improved care coordination is needed after active treatment, including use of an exit interview and delivery of services that are more congruent and better timed to meet ongoing and emergent survivorship needs.Entities:
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Year: 2011 PMID: 21391070 DOI: 10.1080/07347332.2010.548444
Source DB: PubMed Journal: J Psychosoc Oncol ISSN: 0734-7332