| Titel: | The development of a massage service for cancer patients. | | Kategori: | Massage, Onkologi | | Författare: | Burke C, Macnish S, Saunders J, Gallini A, Warne I, Downing J. | | Källa: | Clin Oncol (R Coll Radiol) | | År: | 1994 | | Sidor: | 381-4 | | Sammanfattning: | | Despite major technological advances in the treatment of cancer, many patientsare dissatisfied with conventional biomedical interventions. This is largelybecause they fail to resolve long term intractable problems such as chronic painor stress. More emphasis is now being placed on quality of life. This shift inattitude has opened the door for complementary therapies as adjuvants totraditional models of cancer care. Changes within the NHS have facilitated thistransition, by the creation of the 'internal market' and the development ofcentral funding to individual clinical directorates. To exploit theseopportunities, complementary, therapists must develop new skills and be preparedto adopt NHS standards of assessment to evaluate the efficacy of their work.Standards are a component of 'Quality assurance'. They are observable,achievable and measurable, and contribute towards an acceptable evaluationprocess. Standards are used by health care purchasers to assess which therapiesshould be made available to patients within the NHS. This paper describes thedevelopment of a massage service that has been integrated into the HammersmithOncology Department. The massage standard is seen to be fundamental andessential to the continued development and evaluation of the project. |
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