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- Title
Colorectal cancer: care coordination in a tertiary referral centre in Saudi Arabia.
- Authors
Rafferty, Louise; Tohmaz, Khulood Raic; Hibbert, Denise
- Abstract
Colorectal cancer in Saudi Arabia is on the increase. From diagnosis through to completion of treatment and ongoing follow-up and screening, patients are required to undertake a long journey, involving visits to numerous specialists, and a variety of investigations, interventions and treatments. Unsurprisingly, patients feel lost, overwhelmed and anxious. There is an obvious need for ongoing communication, education, guidance, advocacy and help with navigation between services. Internationally, the need for expert cancer care coordination has been recognised for many years. Patients deserve standardisation of evidence-based care to help with the decision-making process. Cancer-care coordinators around the world have demonstrated improvements in patient low, patient experience and satisfaction. The King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Centre in Riyadh is a tertiary care facility, treating approximately 30% of all cancer cases in Saudi Arabia. This article aims to describe the experience of introducing colorectal cancer care coordination, using a patient-centred, multidisciplinary approach.
- Subjects
SAUDI Arabia; ONCOLOGY nursing; CANCER patient medical care; COLON tumors; CONTINUUM of care; HEALTH care teams; MEDICAL referrals; NEEDS assessment; RECTUM tumors; PATIENT-centered care
- Publication
Gastrointestinal Nursing, 2015, Vol 13, Issue 6, p41
- ISSN
1479-5248
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.12968/gasn.2015.13.6.41