Barriers to Care

Helping Navigate the Cost of Treatment

Helping Navigate the Cost of Treatment

Claire White, BSN, RN, CPHON
Claire White addresses another aspect of care: helping patients gather resources to pay for their treatment.
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The Time Is Now

The Time Is Now

Lisa Simms Booth, BA
Lisa Simms Booth on the urgent need to bring navigation to more patients.
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Helping Spread the Message

Helping Spread the Message

Lisa Simms Booth, BA
Lisa Simms Booth encourages oncology nurses and navigators to share information with patients and the public about the available resources in cancer care.
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What We Learned at the Summit and Next Steps

What We Learned at the Summit and Next Steps

Lisa Simms Booth, BA
Lisa Simms Booth reflects on the crucial work of the Biden Cancer Summit and how the next steps might take shape.
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Listening to Cancer - What Do Patients, Caregivers, and Professionals Need Most?

Listening to Cancer - What Do Patients, Caregivers, and Professionals Need Most?

Lisa Simms Booth, BA
Lisa Simms Booth lays out the priorities of the Biden Cancer Initiative.
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Creating a System That Works for Everyone

Creating a System That Works for Everyone

Lisa Simms Booth, BA
Lisa Simms Booth talks about the primary goal that drives the work of the Biden Cancer Initiative.
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Cancer and the Workplace

Cancer and the Workplace

Lillie D. Shockney, RN, BS, MAS, HON-ONN-CG
Lillie Shockney clears up some misconceptions that patients and employers have regarding functioning in the workplace after being diagnosed with cancer and provides some tips for navigators to help support their patients who continue to work.
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Common Barriers Between Navigators and Patients

Common Barriers Between Navigators and Patients

Carla Schaefer, BSN, RN, OCN
Carla Schaefer reviews some common barriers navigators face when communicating with patients, citing cultural and language barriers as being two of the biggest hurdles.
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Body Shame Is a Barrier for Cancer Screenings

Lillie D. Shockney, RN, BS, MAS, HON-ONN-CG
Two barriers that cause patients to forgo necessary screening are shame due to body image and getting weighed in the office. Many pap smears, skin checks, colonoscopies, and mammograms for cancer screening don’t occur for these reasons.
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Navigators Are Essential to Help Overcome Barriers to Care

Navigators Are Essential to Help Overcome Barriers to Care

Linda Burhansstipanov, MSPH, DrPH
Linda Burhansstipanov ruminates on how barriers to care have largely remained the same over the years and provides some insight on how to address them.
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