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“The impact of cancer on patients' social, emotional, and physical functioning can be profound, often leading to countless challenges and practical difficulties including spiritual crisis, and upheaval in family and community relations. The practice of psychosocial oncology has developed to assist patients in adapting to these challenges. It includes interventions such as counselling, support groups, expressive therapies and mindfulness meditation.”

• Psychosocial information for health professionals

• New clinical programs
  

• New psychosocial tools (e.g. Peer navigation guide in Chinese and English, children’s website)
• Research and pilot projects (e.g. CancerChat Canada)
• Children's website -created to help families cope with cancer (www.cancerinmyfamily.ca)
• Finding resources for patients and families
• Psychosocial Community Oncology Newsletter (current issue)

Click here to go to the Sociobehavioral Research Centre page on this website.

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Provincial Health Services Authority in BC
PHSA operates eight agencies that provide province-wide health care services, including the BC Cancer Agency... the PHSA is responsible for coordinating specialized provincial health services like thoracic surgery and trauma services, which are delivered in a number of locations across the province.