Putting together the pieces of the puzzle: identifying existing evidence-based resources to support the cancer caregiver
- Resource Type
- Authors
- Lixin Song; Melissa Matson; Deborah K. Mayer
- Source
- Clinical journal of oncology nursing. 18(6)
- Subject
- Internet
Evidence-based practice
business.industry
Cancer
Social Support
Evidence-Based Nursing
medicine.disease
Patient care
Nursing
Caregivers
Neoplasms
medicine
General Earth and Planetary Sciences
Caregiver stress
Humans
business
General Environmental Science
- Language
- ISSN
- 1538-067X
Caring for the caregivers of patients with cancer is an increasingly important part of cancer care. In the past few years, several cancer centers have started caregiver-focused services and programs. However, the number of centers that offer such programs and what they provide is unclear. This article will review the extent to which the 61 National Cancer Institute-designated cancer centers that primarily provide patient care also offer evidence-based support programs for caregivers.