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The care of patients with cancer is not limited to treatments directed at the cancer itself. Surgery, chemotherapy and radiotherapy may be necessary to eradicate or control the malignant cells but the dis-ease of cancer affects the body and the person in many ways. To become whole again one needs to address the complex wound that the cancer experience produces.
We have developed the Integrative Oncology Network or ION of community resources to help patients find practitioners that can help with specific problems relating to restoring healthy physical functioning and psychological support and growth. (integrativeoncology)
Professionals with skills in the various specialties necessary to help patients heal have come together in a network so that patients seeing one of these specialists can be referred to others based on patient needs. There is established communication between specialists so that the referral source and the other practitioner can inform each other about the progress of the client/patient. If it seems that additional resources are needed—as indicated by the practitioner or the patient—then there is a system for assisting the patient to find that help.
Specialties in the network include nutrition, exercise and movement specialists, physical therapy, psychology, acupuncture and Chinese medicine, energy medicine, imagery and hypnosis, body work, meditation and others. These practitioners have their own offices in the area and see patients with various other problems unrelated to cancer. Links to their websites and contact information is available at integrativeoncology.
Our office is happy to work with any other practitioners patients choose. This network does not include every qualified practitioner or discipline. We strive to maintain close communication with other professionals involved in patient care to make sure that overall treatment plans are complete and balanced and in accord with patient needs.
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