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UICC World Cancer Congress 2006

Bridging the Gap: Transforming Knowledge into Action

July 8-12, 2006, Washington, DC, USA



Monday, 10 July 2006: 1:30 PM-3:00 PM
Renaissance Ballroom West B (Renaissance Hotel)
Support for Patients, Families and Professional Caregivers
Moderator:Dennis Pyritz (USA)
1:30 PMWhat Do I Tell the Kids?
Kendra J. Sundquist (Australia), John Friedsam (Australia)
1:50 PMCaring for the Carers – Experiences in Staff Support to Cancer Organisations in South India
Prabha S. Chandra (India), Santosh K. Chaturvedi (India)
2:10 PMTranslating Psychosocial Clinical Practice Guidelines into Action: an Educational Intervention for Health Professionals
Suzanne K. Steginga (Australia), Jane Turner, Danielle Penn (Australia), Sandy Hutchison (Australia)
2:30 PMHow does a cancer education program impact on patients and their family or friends?
Louisa Hoey (Australia), Georgina Sutherland (Australia), Janine Coffin (Australia), Michael Jefford (Australia)
2:50 PMThe Development of a Community Based Counselling Service for cancer patients, their families and significant others
Olwyn Ryan (Ireland)
3:10 PMPutting Knowledge into Action: Making evidence-based programmatic decisions for the Taking Charge Information and Support Group
Julie A. Joza (Canada), Lorena Gerl (Canada), H. Sharon Campbell (Canada), Mark A. McDonald (Canada)

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