PMID: 11905391Mar 22, 2002Paper

Allied health professional services for oncology outpatients: an Australian comparative study

Journal of Allied Health
P McGrath

Abstract

Psychosocial interventions used by the allied health team are now seen as making an important contribution to improving the psychological and functional statues of the increasing numbers of patients coping with cancer. However, there is a call from within the Allied Health Professionals (AHP) literature for empirical research to ensure that service delivery is supported by a reliable understanding of the needs of consumers. The present discussion responds to such a call by presenting the comparative findings from two independent studies looking at the needs of oncology out-patients for AHP services in Australia. The first study was completed at the Oncology Day Care Ward at the Mater Hospital, Brisbane, Queensland. The Brisbane research was subsequently repeated at the Mater Hospital, Newcastle, New South Wales. It is the comparative findings from the two projects that are presented here. The impetus for both studies came from a keen desire by the AHP teams of both hospitals to better understand quality of life issues in relation to their oncology outpatients in order to be able to provide appropriate and effective services. The same research instrument was used for both studies so the data are directly comparable. It is the ho...Continue Reading

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