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ReviewSeminars in oncology nursing2017

Understanding Family Caregiver Communication to Provide Family-Centered Cancer Care.

Elaine Wittenberg, Haley Buller, Betty Ferrell, Marianna Koczywas, Tami Borneman

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Review in Seminars in oncology nursing, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 22 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

22 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

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  12. "The communication I had with him back then is still stuck in my mind." Bereaved families of cancer patients' experiences for end-of-life communication.Supportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer · 2023
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  17. Priorities to improve cancer caregiving: report of a caregiver stakeholder workshop.Supportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer · 2021
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  18. Developing an Integrated Caregiver Patient-Portal System.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2021
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors.

Elaine Wittenberg
Haley Buller
Betty Ferrell
Marianna Koczywas
Tami Borneman

Funding

Transgenic Mouse FacilityP30CA033572 · NCI · CITY OF HOPE/BECKMAN RESEARCH INSTITUTE · PI STANLEY R. HAMILTON · 1985 to 2026
$86.3M
Improving Patient-Centered Communication and Cancer CareR25CA174627 · NCI · BECKMAN RESEARCH INSTITUTE/CITY OF HOPE · PI FERRELL, BETTY R, WITTENBERG, ELAINE M · 2014 to 2018
$1.5M
NCI NIH HHS P30 CA033572NCI NIH HHS R25 CA174627
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

objectivesTo describe a family caregiver communication typology and demonstrate identifiable communication challenges among four caregiver types: Manager, Carrier, Partner, and Lone. DATA SOURCES: Case studies based on interviews with oncology family caregivers.

conclusionEach caregiver type demonstrates unique communication challenges that can be identified. Recognition of a specific caregiver type will help nurses to adapt their own communication to provide tailored support. IMPLICATIONS FOR NURSING PRACTICE: Family-centered cancer care requires attention to the communication challenges faced by family caregivers. Understanding the challenges among four family caregiver communication types will enable nurses to better address caregiver burden and family conflict.

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CaregiversCommunicationFamilyProfessional-Family RelationsAgedFemaleHumansMaleNeoplasmsOncology NursingPatient-Centered Carecommunicationfamily caregiverfamily caregiver typesfamily communication patterns

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PMID29107528
PMCPMC5705584

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