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Title: | Building cancer nursing skills in a resource-constrained government hospital |
Authors: | Strother, R.M. Fitch, Margaret Kamau, Peter Beattie, Kathy Boudreau, Angela Busakhalla, N. Loehrer, P. J. |
Keywords: | Cancer resource-constrain |
Issue Date: | 2012 |
Publisher: | Springer |
Abstract: | Cancer is a rising cause of morbidity and mortality in resource-constrained settings. Few places in the developing world have cancer care experts and infrastructure for caring for cancer patients; therefore, it is imperative to develop this infrastructure and expertise. A critical component of cancer care, rarely addressed in the published literature, is cancer nursing. This report describes an effort to develop cancer nursing subspecialty knowledge and skills in support of a growing resource-constrained comprehensive cancer care program in Western Kenya. This report highlights the context of cancer care delivery in a resource-constrained setting, and describes one targeted intervention to further develop the skill set and knowledge of cancer care providers, as part of collaboration between developed world academic institutions and a medical school and governmental hospital in Western Kenya. Based on observations of current practice, practice setting, and resource limitations, a pragmatic curriculum for cancer care nursing was developed and implemented. |
URI: | https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00520-012-1482-z http://ir.mu.ac.ke:8080/jspui/handle/123456789/5078 |
Appears in Collections: | School of Medicine |
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