Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, USA.
Support Care Cancer. 2012 Sep;20(9):2211-5. doi: 10.1007/s00520-012-1482-z. Epub 2012 May 8.
Cancer is a rising cause of morbidity and mortality in resource-constrained settings. Few places in the developing world have cancer care experts and infrastructure for caring for cancer patients; therefore, it is imperative to develop this infrastructure and expertise. A critical component of cancer care, rarely addressed in the published literature, is cancer nursing. This report describes an effort to develop cancer nursing subspecialty knowledge and skills in support of a growing resource-constrained comprehensive cancer care program in Western Kenya. This report highlights the context of cancer care delivery in a resource-constrained setting, and describes one targeted intervention to further develop the skill set and knowledge of cancer care providers, as part of collaboration between developed world academic institutions and a medical school and governmental hospital in Western Kenya. Based on observations of current practice, practice setting, and resource limitations, a pragmatic curriculum for cancer care nursing was developed and implemented.
在资源有限的环境下，癌症是发病率和死亡率不断上升的一个原因。发展中国家很少有癌症护理专家和基础设施来照顾癌症患者；因此，必须发展这种基础设施和专业知识。癌症护理的一个关键组成部分，在已发表的文献中很少被提及，是癌症护理。本报告描述了在支持肯尼亚西部日益增长的资源有限的综合癌症护理计划方面，发展癌症护理专科知识和技能的努力。本报告强调了资源有限环境下癌症护理的背景，并描述了一项有针对性的干预措施，以进一步发展癌症护理提供者的技能和知识，这是发达国家学术机构与肯尼亚西部一所医学院和政府医院合作的一部分。基于对当前实践、实践环境和资源限制的观察，制定并实施了癌症护理护理的实用课程。
