| Challenges couples face following a cancer diagnosis (emotional impact, change in relationship, financial impact, career impact, interruption to future plans, caring for patients, impact on family, impact on social life) |
Major challenges faced by couples (increased burden on partner, partner as a caregiver, change in partner’s role, partner distress) |
‘The Partner’s Place in Cancer Care’ |
Adapting to new roles; Partner as a negative influence on patient and care; Partner as ally to HCP and PT |
| HCPs’ role in assisting couples manage distress (providing cancer information, emotional support, involvement in couples issues, providing support to patient, providing support to partner, use of available services and resources) |
HCPs’ role in assisting couples manage distress (provision of appropriate psychological support, dealing with issues not trained for, information provision) |
‘Psychosocial care for one or two?’ |
HCPs’ Approach to Supporting Couples; Who should receive psychosocial support?; What kind of support do people need?, The Value of Psychosocial Care |
| Improving health services for couples (improving referrals, acknowledging couples’ issues, screening for distress, providing couple-based psychosocial therapies, improving all HCPs ability to provide support) |
Improving health services (opportunities for counselling, identifying distressed couples, improving distress screening practices, resources in rural areas, acknowledging partner distres, HCP communication) |
‘Issues in Distress Screening for Couples’ |
Who should be screened; What should we use to screen (instrument vs. experience); When should screen—once vs. multiple time points; Why should we screen at all (e.g. to tailor for interventions) |
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‘The quest for adequate psychosocial care’ |
Barriers to adequate psychosocial care; Improving psychosocial care |
