Carshinger Cancer Institute

Helping Cancer Survivors Be Well: An Integrative Oncology Leadership Collaborative Case Study

The Ann B. Barshinger Cancer Institute (Lancaster, Pennsylvania) is a community cancer center that delivers hands-on, personalized care and advanced medicine to the Lancaster community. The cancer institute supports the mind, body, and spirit of patients and their families.

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Jefferson Case Study

Cancer Health Care Disparities: An Integrative Oncology Leadership Collaborative Case Study

During the Integrative Oncology Leadership Collaborative, the Sidney Kimmel Cancer Center team focused on addressing health care disparities among cancer patients by planning group medical visits, beginning work to offer patient resources in Spanish, and working to make integrative medicine accessible to more cancer patients. The team moved toward offering integrative oncology.

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Integrative Oncology Leadership Collaborative Case Study

Matching Patients with the Right Supportive Care Programs at the Right Time: Integrative Oncology Leadership Collaborative Case Study

During the Integrative Oncology Leadership Collaborative, the Inova Schar Cancer Institute team began to shift the focus from disease-specific care to whole person care by piloting the Personal Health Inventory (PHI) in one clinic and using this as an opportunity to better understand patients’ integrative care needs from day one.

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Journaling for Cancer

Journaling for Cancer

Therapeutic writing is a kind of structured journal writing. It is a self-care tool to encourage deeper and clearer reflection, processing, and discovery. Therapeutic writing can help you heal, grow, and thrive. This therapeutic writing tool is to manage issues both during and after cancer treatment, around physical and emotional distress tolerance, identity, and shifting…

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Midlife Milestones Tool

You probably remember some milestones you reached as a young adult – getting your first job or car, going to school, leaving home, getting married, having children. Human development experts tell us that midlife has its milestones, too. Just like when you were younger, knowing what you’re likely to go through around now can help…

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How to Encourage Your Patients to Journal

Therapeutic writing, a form of targeted journal writing, is a self-care technique encouraging deeper reflection, processing, and discovery, and simultaneously, reflective distance. It can help your patients to gain clarity and insight about their experiences and themselves—and thereby, to heal, grow, and thrive. It can help them and you identify what matters most to them…

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