Grant: CIHR Café Scientifique Program

Over the past decade, the Communication in Cancer Care program of research at the University of British Columbia has documented the communication needs and concerns of patients as they change across the cancer care experience. The research goal has been to draw on patient perspectives to support helpful communication between cancer patients and their health care professionals and to reduce or eliminate poor communicative practices in the cancer care environment. This CIHR Café Scientifique event will allow researchers to share some of the central lessons they have learned from cancer patients over the years. By promoting public dialogue on the impact of communication in cancer care, they hope to engage interested community members in finding creative solutions to the complex challenge of working together to get it right!