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Research: ANGEN and colleagues,
Listed in Issue 86
Abstract
ANGEN and colleagues, Department of Psychosocial Resources, Tom Baker Cancer Centre, Calgary, Alberta, Canada, introduce Tapestry, a retreat programme of support for persons living with cancer . This article describes the provision and preliminary evaluation of a residential retreat program called Tapestry which was developed in an effort to mitigate the negative psychological sequelae of a cancer diagnosis and treatment . Retreats offer psychosocial support for people living with cancer. They provide a respite and the opportunity to address the isolation and other existential issues arising from a cancer diagnosis . Tapestry has been provided six times a year since 1998 . While the face value and demand for more holistic care programmess continues to grow, few residential psychosocial programs are offered under the auspices of conventional cancer care centres, and little has been done to evaluate their value as a forum for psychosocial care delivery.
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References
Angen MJ, MacRae JH, Simpson JSA, Hundleby M et al. Tapestry: a retreat program of support for persons living with cancer. Cancer Practice 10 (6): 297-304, Nov-Dec 2002.
Comment
I have recently attended the Penny Brohn Memorial lecture, which was inspiringly delivered by Grace Adamson, who described the need to address and the therapeutic and clinical benefits of attending to cancer patients' psychological/emotional/spiritual needs in an integrated approach. This event was attended by an awesome group of high-powered professionals from across the cancer-care spectrum, and so it is hoped that these ventures will spread their effects.
