Participating in Decisions about Your Care

About this episode

This episode discusses how to participate in decisions about cancer care, addressing practical, social, and emotional challenges faced by patients and their families.

- Coping with the Practical, Social & Emotional Challenges of Cancer - How a Cancer Diagnosis Affects Family, Partners & Loved Ones - Selecting a Cancer Care Team & Treatment Facility - What to Do When Presented with Multiple Treatment Options - When & How to Seek a Second Opinion - Your Relationship with Your Health Care Team - Getting Copies of Your Medical Reports to Review with Your Team - How to Anticipate, Prevent & Manage the Side Effects of Treatment - Understanding Your Treatment Choices & Follow-Up Care Plan - Your Survivorship Care Plan - Tips on Self-Advocacy & Advocating with Your Health Care Team - Questions for Our Panel of Experts

Topics covered

• cancer care decisions
• emotional challenges of cancer
• health care team
• treatment options
• self-advocacy
• survivorship care

Keywords

• cancer diagnosis
• treatment facility
• second opinion
• medical reports
• side effects
• treatment choices
• advocacy

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: CancerCare

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