Fertility Preservation: Improving Access Through Nurse-Advocated Financial Assistance.
This article describes a nurse-led oncofertility program that offers counseling to patients of any age, with any diagnosis, and at any stage of treatment.
METHODS: An overview of the literature and a description of a clinical practice, including relevant case studies, are presented.
FINDINGS: FNSs can seek to lessen the financial burden associated with family building before and after cancer treatment by developing a network of reproductive specialists who will provide discounted services and by sharing information on available resources that might reduce the costs.
PMID: 31538989 [PubMed - in process]
Source: Clinical Journal of Oncology Nursing - Category: Nursing Authors: Semler R, Thom B Tags: Clin J Oncol Nurs Source Type: research
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