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Mental Health and Cancer

Navigation & Survivorship News published on May 30, 2023 in Insights into Navigation
Lillie D. Shockney, RN, BS, MAS, HON-ONN-CG
Editor-in-Chief, JONS; Co-Founder, AONN+; University Distinguished Service Professor of Breast Cancer, Professor of Surgery, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine; Co-Developer, Work Stride-Managing Cancer at Work, Johns Hopkins Healthcare Solutions

While mental health has been getting more attention over the last few years, more still needs to be done. For those of us navigating oncology patients, we know that cancer doesn’t just affect our patients’ bodies, but also their minds. Navigators can help determine our patients’ current mental health status by first gathering all the facts:

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