Gynecological cancers: an alternative approach to healing

dc.contributor.authorSaso, Srdjan
dc.contributor.authorJones, Benjamin P
dc.contributor.authorBracewell-Milnes, Timothy
dc.contributor.authorHuseyin, Gulsen
dc.contributor.authorBoyle, Deborah C
dc.contributor.authorDel Priore, Giuseppe
dc.contributor.authorSmith, James Richard
dc.contributor.departmentObstetrics and Gynecology, School of Medicineen_US
dc.date.accessioned2018-03-13T16:50:52Z
dc.date.available2018-03-13T16:50:52Z
dc.date.issued2017-07-12
dc.description.abstractGrief and hope are two conflicting emotions that a patient recently diagnosed with cancer has to master. The real challenge for gynecologic oncologists is how to reach out. Conventional wisdom states that offering patients focus and belief when combating cancer in their lives allows them to embrace hope with greater confidence, which minimizes their grief. Three pictorial models are presented: ‘4-cusp approach’ model used at the initial consultation; ‘tapestry of bereavement or landscape of grief’ model at the postsurgery consultation; and ‘Venn-diagram’ model at any time during patient management. We have applied these models in our practice and believe that they can act as a fulcrum for the patient, the family and healthcare team around which therapy should be centered., Grief and hope are two emotions that a patient faces if diagnosed with cancer. The real challenge for the doctor is how to reach out and help the patient through this process. A doctor's role may be to offer focus and belief to the patient which may allow her to embrace hope with greater confidence. This will hopefully lessen the grief. We present three models which we believe can play a crucial part: ‘4-cusp approach’ used at the initial consultation; ‘tapestry of bereavement or landscape of grief model’ at the postsurgery consultation; and ‘Venn-diagram model’ at any time during care.en_US
dc.eprint.versionFinal published versionen_US
dc.identifier.citationSaso, S., Jones, B. P., Bracewell-Milnes, T., Huseyin, G., Boyle, D. C., Del Priore, G., & Smith, J. R. (2017). Gynecological cancers: an alternative approach to healing. Future Science OA, 3(3). https://doi.org/10.4155/fsoa-2017-0022en_US
dc.identifier.issn2056-5623en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/1805/15463
dc.language.isoen_USen_US
dc.publisherFuture Scienceen_US
dc.relation.isversionof10.4155/fsoa-2017-0022en_US
dc.relation.journalFuture Science OAen_US
dc.rightsPublisher Policyen_US
dc.rightsAttribution 3.0 United States
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/us/
dc.sourcePMCen_US
dc.subjectcanceren_US
dc.subjectcoping strategiesen_US
dc.subjectdoctor–patient communicationen_US
dc.subjectgynecologyen_US
dc.subjectholistic approachen_US
dc.subjectpsychologyen_US
dc.subjectreligionen_US
dc.subjectspiritualityen_US
dc.titleGynecological cancers: an alternative approach to healingen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
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