Butow P, Dhillon H, Shaw J, Price M
Psycho-Oncology Co-operative Research Group (PoCoG), Lifehouse level 6-North, C39Z, School of Psychology, University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW Australia.
Biopsychosoc Med. 2017 Dec 15;11:15. doi: 10.1186/s13030-017-0100-1. eCollection 2017.
Australia has a thriving Psycho-Oncology research and clinical community. In this article, the Australian health system in which Psycho-Oncology is embedded is described. Clinical Psycho-Oncology services are outlined, in terms of their composition, processes and reach. The development of the internationally ground-breaking Australian Psychosocial guidelines for the care of adults with cancer is described. Two large Psycho-Oncology organisations which are strongly linked to mainstream Oncology organisations are discussed: the Australian Psycho-Oncology Society (OzPos, a primarily clinician-led and focused organisation) and the Psycho-Oncology Co-operative Research Group (PoCoG, a national cancer clinical trial group). OzPos is a special interest group within the Clinical Oncology Society of Australia, while PoCoG is one of 14 cancer clinical trial groups funded by the national government. It is these strong connections with major multidisciplinary cancer organisations, and a culture of collaboration and co-operation, that have made Psycho-Oncology grow and thrive in Australia. Examples of large collaborative programs of Psycho-Oncology research are provided, as well as the mechanisms used to achieve these outcomes.
澳大利亚拥有蓬勃发展的心理肿瘤学研究和临床群体。本文描述了心理肿瘤学所处的澳大利亚卫生系统。概述了临床心理肿瘤学服务,包括其组成、流程和覆盖范围。介绍了具有国际开创性的澳大利亚癌症成年患者心理社会护理指南的制定情况。讨论了与主流肿瘤学组织紧密相连的两个大型心理肿瘤学组织:澳大利亚心理肿瘤学会(OzPos,一个主要由临床医生主导且专注的组织)和心理肿瘤学合作研究组(PoCoG,一个国家癌症临床试验组)。OzPos是澳大利亚临床肿瘤学会内的一个特殊兴趣小组,而PoCoG是由国家政府资助的14个癌症临床试验组之一。正是与主要多学科癌症组织的这些紧密联系以及合作文化,使得心理肿瘤学在澳大利亚得以发展壮大。文中提供了心理肿瘤学研究大型合作项目的实例以及实现这些成果所采用的机制。