Journal article
Experiences of health professionals treating women diagnosed with cancer during pregnancy and proposals for service improvement
L Stafford, M Sinclair, K Gerber, undefined Christobel Saunders, A Ives, M Peate, J Lippey, MP Umstad, R Little
Breast | Published : 2022
Open access
Abstract
Objective: To examine the experiences, needs, and perceptions of health professionals(HPs) treating women diagnosed with cancer during pregnancy(gestational cancer, GC). Methods: Interviews were undertaken with Australian HPs who had treated women diagnosed with GC over the previous five years. HPs were recruited via social media, and professional and community networks. Questions focussed upon HPs’ confidence caring for these women, whether current guidelines/training met their needs, psychological impacts of care provision, and service gaps. Interview data were analysed thematically. Results: Twenty-seven HPs were interviewed; most were oncology HPs(22/27) with experience caring for women ..
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Funding Acknowledgements
The authors would like to acknowledge the role of Western and Central Melbourne Integrated Cancer Service (WCMICS) and The Royal Women's Hospital Foundation, which provided the funding for this research. These funding bodies had no role in the study design, execution, analysis, interpretation of the data, or the decision to submit results. The funding bodies have had no role in the writing of this manuscript. The contributions of the authors include: LS conceived and designed the original study on which this manuscript is based, secured funding for the project and supervised the study. LS, KG and MS completed the data acquisition, analysis and interpretation. RL, LS and MS were involved in drafting and critically revising this manuscript. All other authors contributed to the refinement of the study protocol of the original study and approved the final version of the manuscript.