How do cancer care services in Australia take care of their patients when they require emergency care? We need more evidence

Elise Button¹, Sarah Northfield², Michael Smith², David Wyld³, Gillian Nasato⁴, Patsy Yates⁵

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¹ Cancer Care Services, Royal Brisbane and Women's Hospital, Level 5, Joyce Tweddell Building, Bowen Bridge Road, Hertson, Qld 4006, Australia. Email: sarah.northfield@health.qld.gov.au, michael.smith2@health.qld.gov.au, david.wyld@health.qld.gov.au; and School of Nursing, Queensland University of Technology, N Block, Kelvin Grove Road, Kelvin Grove, Qld 4059, Australia. Email: p.yates@qut.edu.au; and Corresponding author. Email: e.button@qut.edu.au.
² Cancer Care Services, Royal Brisbane and Women's Hospital, Level 5, Joyce Tweddell Building, Bowen Bridge Road, Hertson, Qld 4006, Australia. Email: sarah.northfield@health.qld.gov.au, michael.smith2@health.qld.gov.au, david.wyld@health.qld.gov.au.
³ Cancer Care Services, Royal Brisbane and Women's Hospital, Level 5, Joyce Tweddell Building, Bowen Bridge Road, Hertson, Qld 4006, Australia. Email: sarah.northfield@health.qld.gov.au, michael.smith2@health.qld.gov.au, david.wyld@health.qld.gov.au; and School of Medicine, University of Queensland, 20 Weightman St, Herston, Qld 4006, Australia.
⁴ Metro North Hospital and Health Services, Level 3 Medical Imaging, Ned Hanlon Building, Royal Brisbane and Women's Hospital, Bowen Bridge Road, Herston, Qld 4006, Australia. Email: gillian.nasato@health.qld.gov.au.
⁵ Cancer Care Services, Royal Brisbane and Women's Hospital, Level 5, Joyce Tweddell Building, Bowen Bridge Road, Hertson, Qld 4006, Australia. Email: sarah.northfield@health.qld.gov.au, michael.smith2@health.qld.gov.au, david.wyld@health.qld.gov.au; and School of Nursing, Queensland University of Technology, N Block, Kelvin Grove Road, Kelvin Grove, Qld 4059, Australia. Email: p.yates@qut.edu.au.

PMID: 31619319
DOI: 10.1071/AH19118

How do cancer care services in Australia take care of their patients when they require emergency care? We need more evidence

Elise Button et al. Aust Health Rev. 2020 Jun.

. 2020 Jun;44(3):497-498.

doi: 10.1071/AH19118.

Authors

Elise Button¹, Sarah Northfield², Michael Smith², David Wyld³, Gillian Nasato⁴, Patsy Yates⁵

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¹ Cancer Care Services, Royal Brisbane and Women's Hospital, Level 5, Joyce Tweddell Building, Bowen Bridge Road, Hertson, Qld 4006, Australia. Email: sarah.northfield@health.qld.gov.au, michael.smith2@health.qld.gov.au, david.wyld@health.qld.gov.au; and School of Nursing, Queensland University of Technology, N Block, Kelvin Grove Road, Kelvin Grove, Qld 4059, Australia. Email: p.yates@qut.edu.au; and Corresponding author. Email: e.button@qut.edu.au.
² Cancer Care Services, Royal Brisbane and Women's Hospital, Level 5, Joyce Tweddell Building, Bowen Bridge Road, Hertson, Qld 4006, Australia. Email: sarah.northfield@health.qld.gov.au, michael.smith2@health.qld.gov.au, david.wyld@health.qld.gov.au.
³ Cancer Care Services, Royal Brisbane and Women's Hospital, Level 5, Joyce Tweddell Building, Bowen Bridge Road, Hertson, Qld 4006, Australia. Email: sarah.northfield@health.qld.gov.au, michael.smith2@health.qld.gov.au, david.wyld@health.qld.gov.au; and School of Medicine, University of Queensland, 20 Weightman St, Herston, Qld 4006, Australia.
⁴ Metro North Hospital and Health Services, Level 3 Medical Imaging, Ned Hanlon Building, Royal Brisbane and Women's Hospital, Bowen Bridge Road, Herston, Qld 4006, Australia. Email: gillian.nasato@health.qld.gov.au.
⁵ Cancer Care Services, Royal Brisbane and Women's Hospital, Level 5, Joyce Tweddell Building, Bowen Bridge Road, Hertson, Qld 4006, Australia. Email: sarah.northfield@health.qld.gov.au, michael.smith2@health.qld.gov.au, david.wyld@health.qld.gov.au; and School of Nursing, Queensland University of Technology, N Block, Kelvin Grove Road, Kelvin Grove, Qld 4059, Australia. Email: p.yates@qut.edu.au.

PMID: 31619319
DOI: 10.1071/AH19118

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A letter to the editor on cancer patients accessing emergency care.

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