Report
Integrative Oncology and Wellness Centres in Cancer Care
2022
Abstract
Integrative Oncology and Wellness Centres have developed in response to two shifting realities in cancer care.
Cancer is no longer primarily an acute illness; it is a chronic disease that demands person-centred care and long-term management. People living with cancer and their families are not only looking for ways to live longer, but to live better with cancer.
People with cancer may cope with invasive treatments, side-effects of treatment, fatigue, personal and financial impacts. More than 50% of Australians with cancer will use complementary therapies to take control of their own healing, to cope with side effects, improve their long-term outcomes, and because they align with their culture and their values. This use is ad-hoc and the clinical integration of complementary therapies with their usual cancer care has little or no expert support or guidance, and with risks of safety, financial toxicity.
The questions for us as cancer care professionals and policy decision-makers are: how should we adapt? And how can we support people with cancer and their families live their best possible lives?
Details
- Title
- Integrative Oncology and Wellness Centres in Cancer Care
- Authors
- Geraldine McDonald (Corresponding Author)Judith Lacey (Corresponding Author)Suzanne Grant (Author)David Joske (Author)Trish Wilson (Author) - University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland, Thompson Institute
- Additional notes
- This report was informed by an environment scan commissioned by the National Integrative Oncology & Wellbeing Group and conducted by Deakin University, supported by Dry July Foundation.
- Publication details
- 75 pages
- Organisation Unit
- Thompson Institute
- Language
- English
- Record Identifier
- 99738498602621
- Output Type
- Report
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