Implementing symptom guidelines: Anita Margulies - EONS and the Swiss Oncology Nursing Society
Update: 2012-05-30
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Anita Margulies talks to ecancer at the 8th European Oncology Nursing Society (EONS) annual meeting in Geneva, April 2012.
EONS and the Oncology Nursing Society are implementing guidelines on 5 symptoms resulting from the cancer itself and the treatment: Dyspnea, lymphoedema, pain, peripheral neuropathy and radiation dermatitis.
The guidelines have been reviewed by an expert nursing committee as part of the EPAAC project. Europe lags behind the US in implementing the latest guidelines on symptom management for cancer patients; a training workshop has been set up in Brussels to address this issue.
EONS and the Oncology Nursing Society are implementing guidelines on 5 symptoms resulting from the cancer itself and the treatment: Dyspnea, lymphoedema, pain, peripheral neuropathy and radiation dermatitis.
The guidelines have been reviewed by an expert nursing committee as part of the EPAAC project. Europe lags behind the US in implementing the latest guidelines on symptom management for cancer patients; a training workshop has been set up in Brussels to address this issue.
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