Sandi,

This makes a good case for a navigator --or Personal Coach.  Do we know
whether Ontario will support such a program and how much would it cost?
Thx.

Cheers,
Nancy  

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From: Sandi Pniauskas [mailto:[log in to unmask]] 
Sent: Monday, April 16, 2007 10:21 PM
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Subject: 2007 Leveling the Playing Field: The Personal Coach Program as
an Innovative Approach to Assess and Address the Supportive Care Needs
of Underserved Cancer Patients

http://www.supportiveoncology.net/journal/articles/0504185.pdf

"...Overall, the barriers identified were language (33 patients),
poverty (28), culture (26), social isolation (24), and literacy (2). Of
them, language barriers were by far the easiest to identify. Poverty,
surprisingly, was readily disclosed; it often interfered with aspects of
technical care (eg, the cost of medications, transportation to
appointments, consumption of nutritious food recommended by
staff)....cont'd

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