The most important service is to provide good quality time. I have had the opportunity to look at my life and not to waste it. He has had a wonderful and good-quality life, and has not wasted a minute since. Many of the patients express the same view. They appreciate so much more what is around them - their family and every good aspect to their lives.
Priorities change once a person has had cancer.
There is a time of healing of family relationships and material things become so much less important. The patient is at the centre of the team, close around the patient are the family and friends, and further around them are the nurses, the doctors, physiotherapists, occupational therapists, social workers - a huge team supporting the patient. The patient as team leader The team approach is absolutely paramount - always with the patient as the focus, and as the leader of the team whenever health and energy permit. Within that team is an enormous amount of experience. There is a lot of sharing among the members of the team - a team in which everybody is equal, nurse, doctor and other therapists.