ONCOLOGY Vol 10 No 9_Suppl

The goals of oncology social work are to facilitate patient and family adjustment to the diagnosis and treatment of the disease; to promote psychosocial recovery and rehabilitation

For the patient with advanced pancreatic cancer, curative strategies may not be appropriate, and palliative symptom management may be the best approach to patient care. Oncologists,

The oncology nurse attends not only to the physiologic needs of the patient with pancreatic cancer but also to the educational, economic, logistic, and psychosocial factors that impact on quality of care. Managing patient care