Are nursing students trained to meet the needs of cancer suvivors and their families? New challenges, new opportunities

Current cancer treatments, along with more effective prevention measures, are producing increased cancer survival globally;(1) becoming – in many cases – a chronic disease.(2) Care of patients and families, living with a chronic disease, like cancer, constitutes one of the principal challenges for m...

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Autores principales: Cristina García Vivar, Virginia La Rosa Salas, Marta Domingo Oslé
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Publicado: Universidad de Antioquia 2019
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spelling oai:doaj.org-article:4b11e424d8c34b1a9032416e36500c3d2021-11-27T14:49:21ZAre nursing students trained to meet the needs of cancer suvivors and their families? New challenges, new opportunities2216-028010.17533/udea.iee.v37n2e01https://doaj.org/article/4b11e424d8c34b1a9032416e36500c3d2019-06-01T00:00:00Zhttps://revistas.udea.edu.co/index.php/iee/article/view/338883https://doaj.org/toc/2216-0280Current cancer treatments, along with more effective prevention measures, are producing increased cancer survival globally;(1) becoming – in many cases – a chronic disease.(2) Care of patients and families, living with a chronic disease, like cancer, constitutes one of the principal challenges for most health systems because they represent a heavy burden in terms of morbidity and mortality and carry a high percentage of the public expenditure in health.(3) Above all, the impact of cancer entails suffering and represents an important limitation in the quality of life, productivity, and functional state of the sick individuals and those living with them, that is, their family. More so, with evidence of the progressive increase of the number of older people with cancer, who are more prone to having comorbidities and other problems associated with their age, like dementia, depression, cerebrovascular accident, and diabetes.(4)Cristina García VivarVirginia La Rosa SalasMarta Domingo OsléUniversidad de AntioquiaarticleNursingRT1-120ENInvestigación y Educación en Enfermería, Vol 37, Iss 2 (2019)
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Marta Domingo Oslé
Are nursing students trained to meet the needs of cancer suvivors and their families? New challenges, new opportunities
description Current cancer treatments, along with more effective prevention measures, are producing increased cancer survival globally;(1) becoming – in many cases – a chronic disease.(2) Care of patients and families, living with a chronic disease, like cancer, constitutes one of the principal challenges for most health systems because they represent a heavy burden in terms of morbidity and mortality and carry a high percentage of the public expenditure in health.(3) Above all, the impact of cancer entails suffering and represents an important limitation in the quality of life, productivity, and functional state of the sick individuals and those living with them, that is, their family. More so, with evidence of the progressive increase of the number of older people with cancer, who are more prone to having comorbidities and other problems associated with their age, like dementia, depression, cerebrovascular accident, and diabetes.(4)
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Virginia La Rosa Salas
Marta Domingo Oslé
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Marta Domingo Oslé
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title Are nursing students trained to meet the needs of cancer suvivors and their families? New challenges, new opportunities
title_short Are nursing students trained to meet the needs of cancer suvivors and their families? New challenges, new opportunities
title_full Are nursing students trained to meet the needs of cancer suvivors and their families? New challenges, new opportunities
title_fullStr Are nursing students trained to meet the needs of cancer suvivors and their families? New challenges, new opportunities
title_full_unstemmed Are nursing students trained to meet the needs of cancer suvivors and their families? New challenges, new opportunities
title_sort are nursing students trained to meet the needs of cancer suvivors and their families? new challenges, new opportunities
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