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The Language of Cancer

Anne Katz
ONF 2014, 41(2), 111 DOI: 10.1188/14.ONF.111
Language is important to me. I have always loved words, and as a writer (after publishing nine books I think I can describe myself as such!), language is something that I don't just use for communication, but is something that I think about and consider as I put fingers to keyboard. The language of...
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Patient Perspectives on the Usefulness of Routine Telephone Follow-Up as Psychosocial Support for Hematologic Malignancies: Australian Findings

Pam McGrath
ONF 2014, 41(1), 40-44 DOI: 10.1188/14.ONF.40-44
Purpose/Objectives: To explore the use of routine telephone follow-up as a supportive care strategy for patients with hematologic malignancies from the patients' perspectives. Research Approach: A qualitative design based on a series of open-ended interviews and one focus group. Setting: Leukaemia...
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How Do We Define "Difficult" Patients?

Anne Katz
ONF 2013, 40(6), 531 DOI: 10.1188/13.ONF.531
Receiving a referral for a patient who is described as being difficult is not uncommon for me, particularly after many years of working in what some might call "non-mainstream" areas. However, I sometimes wonder what "difficult" means when I read this descriptor. The issue came up again recently...
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Telephone Calls by Individuals With Cancer

Marie Flannery
Leanne McAndrews
Karen F. Stein
ONF 2013, 40(5), 464-471 DOI: 10.1188/13.ONF.464-471
Purpose/Objectives: To describe symptom type and reporting patterns found in spontaneously initiated telephone calls placed to an ambulatory cancer center practice. Design: Retrospective, descriptive. Setting: Adult hematology oncology cancer center. Sample: 563 individuals with a wide range of...
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Benefits of a Brief Therapeutic Conversation Intervention for Families of Children and Adolescents in Active Cancer Treatment

Erla Kolbrun Svavarsdottir
Anna Olafia Sigurdardottir
ONF 2013, 40(5), E346-E357 DOI: 10.1188/13.ONF.E346-E357
Purpose/Objectives: To test the effectiveness of a two-to-three session family therapeutic conversation intervention (FAM-TCI) for primary and partner caregivers of children and adolescents in active cancer treatment on perceived family support and on expressive family functioning. Design:...
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