Home chemotherapy for children with cancer: perspectives from health care professionals
Autor: | Bonnie Stevens, Mark S. Greenberg, Janet Yamada, Madelyn Beamer, Patricia McKeever, Amiram Gafni, Stacey Daub, Marilyn Booth, Janet Gammon |
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Rok vydání: | 2004 |
Předmět: |
Adult
Male medicine.medical_specialty Adolescent Sociology and Political Science Attitude of Health Personnel Service delivery framework Health Personnel Antineoplastic Agents Home Care Services Hospital-Based Workload Job Satisfaction Young Adult Nursing Neoplasms Surveys and Questionnaires Health care Humans Medicine Community Health Services Prospective Studies Child Human resources Qualitative Research Randomized Controlled Trials as Topic Ontario business.industry Data Collection Health Policy Public Health Environmental and Occupational Health Middle Aged Family life Child Preschool Family medicine Workforce Female Job satisfaction business Stress Psychological Social Sciences (miscellaneous) Qualitative research |
Zdroj: | Health and Social Care in the Community. 12:142-149 |
ISSN: | 1365-2524 0966-0410 |
DOI: | 10.1111/j.0966-0410.2004.00480.x |
Popis: | The goal of this study was to determine the perspectives of healthcare professionals (HPs) from community and hospital settings involved in a paediatric home chemotherapy programme. Using a prospective descriptive study design, HPs including paediatricians, community nurses, hospital clinic nurses, administrators and pharmacists were interviewed using a moderately structured open-ended approach. Through inductive content analysis, data were categorised under three themes reflecting HPs' perspectives on the programme: (1) perceived family benefits, (2) human resources and service delivery considerations and (3) impact on the role of the HP. All HPs reported that home chemotherapy helped reduce both disruption to family life and psychological stress. Community-based HPs reported increased job satisfaction, increased workload and increased frustration related to scheduling challenges. Hospital-based HPs reported decreased patient interaction and discrepancies in workload changes. Both groups emphasised the need for consistency in care and for specific chemotherapy training. Service delivery issues included the need for more clarity in the programme process, improved eligibility criteria, a focus on community laboratory coordination and development of centralised communications. |
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