Exploring the perspectives of healthcare professionals in delivering optimal oncology medication education.

ABSTRACT: BACKGROUND:To optimize patient education, it is important to understand what healthcare professionals perceive to be ideal oncology medication education for patients to receive, and what they feel is their role and the role of others in its delivery. Education provided to patients is an important component of chemotherapy as it has been shown to benefit and positively impact patients who receive it. Educational interventions are often provided by multidisciplinary teams with the goal of improving patient care. However, few studies have explored the roles of healthcare professionals in delivering oncology medication education. OBJECTIVE:To explore the perspectives of healthcare professionals working in medical, gynaecological or hematological oncology to identify what they perceive to be op

SUBMITTER: Lively A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7015363 | biostudies-literature | 2020

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature