How to Best Support Your Colleague with Cancer

Navigation & Survivorship News published on January 24, 2024 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

In the ebb and flow of our professional lives, colleagues become a constant and significant part of our daily routines. But what happens when a colleague’s personal life seeps into the professional? Take for example a coworker faced with the challenge of cancer. In these cases, the workplace is inevitably affected, and those within it will wonder what the best course of action is to provide support without overstepping.

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