Care for young parents with cancer and their children

About this episode

This episode discusses the challenges and solutions for young parents with cancer and their children.

In this episode of the Co-design Health podcast, Pieter Vandekerckhove speaks with Mark Van Achter (experience expert), Nel Kleverlaan (Kankerspoken), Ruocha Wang (Integrated product design), Dr. Josée Zijlstra (Prof. dr. Josée Zijlstra-Baalbergen). Important solutions are: discuss the parent-child relationship, pediatric and adult care collaboration, provide childcare for children in the department or closeby, provide overnight solutions for partners to stay over with children.

People in this episode

Host: Pieter Vandekerckhove

Guests: Mark Van Achter, Nel Kleverlaan, Ruocha Wang, Dr. Josée Zijlstra

Topics covered

• young parents
• cancer care
• parent-child relationship
• pediatric care
• adult care collaboration
• childcare solutions
• overnight solutions

Keywords

• young parents
• cancer
• childcare
• pediatric care
• adult care
• parent-child relationship
• healthcare solutions

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Kankerspoken

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