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CancerCare Manitoba
From the CancerCare Manitoba website: We provide individual, couple and family counseling as well as facilitate a number of different support groups and programs. We are also researchers, volunteer trainers, and educators on the psychosocial impact of cancer.
"Staff are located at the MacCharles Unit, the St. Boniface Unit and at the Brandon Regional Health Centre. For those who live outside Winnipeg or Brandon, we can help you locate local resources, and/or provide services by telephone or Teleoncology. Patient and Family Support Services, operating within the provincial mandate of CancerCare Manitoba, is a multidisciplinary service providing psychological, social and spiritual information, diagnostic, counseling and treatment services to people living with cancer. Services are provided at both CancerCare Manitoba Units: MacCharles and St. Boniface. Patient and Family Support Services staff conduct psychosocial oncology and palliative care research, have published numerous academic papers, presented at countless local, national and international psychosocial oncology and palliative care conferences and are involved in public and health care professional education about the psychosocial and rehabilitation issues related to cancer and its treatment. http://www.cancercare.mb.ca/index.cfm?pageID=541&template=print& Screening & Prevention http://www.cancercare.mb.ca/home/prevention_and_screening/ Palliative Care The mission of the Manitoba Palliative Care Research Unit (MPRCU) is to improve the quality of life and ease the suffering of people with life-limiting illnesses and their families through research on the many psychosocial challenges accompanying the end of life. Health practitioners, policy makers, patients, their families, and the general public benefit from the knowledge generated from our research. http://www.cancercare.mb.ca/home/cancer_research/palliative_care/ Resources
Context CancerCare Manitoba is charged by an act of legislature of Manitoba with responsibility for cancer prevention, detection, care, research and education for the people of Manitoba. CancerCare Manitoba (204) 787-2197 Toll-free: 1-866-561-1026 www.cancercare.mb.ca/ |
