NAEF K. BASILE’S MISSION FOR CANCER PATIENTS
Few diseases take their toll on all aspects of human life highlighting the challenges of treatment as significantly as cancer. With an impact encompassing all aspects of “being”, it urges medicine to look more keenly into the ravages of the human side of disease.
As more people live longer with their cancer, the caseload of cancer is set to grow.
Patients are thrown into the perspective of a life-limiting illness which has its own language, after a cancer diagnosis. A patient integrated approach and the provision of information about treatments, chemotherapy side effects and other issues can help patients and their caregivers overcome the challenges related to cancer and its treatment.
The institute is committed to an interactive medical approach going both ways: response from our core of patients and families about all these aspects of care helps us better centre our medical services and respond to patient needs.
THE ROLE OF PATIENTS' INPUT
- Feedback is essential to patient care: it strengthens the partnership between our healthcare providers and patients and improves quality of care.
- When patients share insights and concerns → This helps identify aspects of care to attend to and opens new chances for important elements of care: The Naef K. Basile Institute‘s has strived to officially establish a palliative care unit leading to the first Palliative and Supportive Care Program in Lebanon: a specialized multi-disciplinary approach in managing the physical, psychological, social, and spiritual sources of distress in patients regardless of age, diagnosis, or prognosis.
- Patient response enhances and consolidates the institute’s role as a patient-centered institute.
- The institute welcomes patients feedback to improve psycho-social patient needs.
THE PATIENT TESTIMONIALS BOARD
When letters started flowing repetitively at the Naef K. Basile Institute from patients and family members going through cancer, expressing appreciation to our healthcare providers at NKBCI for the care they received, we had no choice but to share them.
These letters are chances to remember what we do and why we do it!
The institute started displaying letters and thoughts on a board at the ambulatory oncology center. These testimonials are opportunities to share the perspectives, insight and the knowledge of our patients of how we get the job done and the cancer treatment journey.
Here’s why cancer journeys are important to tell: Survivorship and patient stories help those who are going through the disease to manage better and can help those who have gone through it to better overcome it and get on with their lives.
Stories are inspirational to other patients: shared personal testimonials can help bridge the feelings of isolation some patients can face and can bring some hope throughout challenging treatment.
WRITE US!
The Naef K. Basile Institute would love to hear from you! Whether you were personally affected by the disease, have family who is or know someone who’s going through it, your experience and insights about cancer matter!
Write us! If you feel like sharing your own experience with cancer and think it can help others going through the same experience or helps other people know more about its challenges.
We respect your desire for privacy, please indicate if you would prefer to remain anonymous and choose an alias if you like, or have no reservations about sharing your name.
If your messages are just intended for a specific healthcare provider, you can find the list of faculty and staff contact adresses on the Naef K. Basile Cancer Institute’s overview page.
Send us your thoughts in the form below or to the following email and we’ll publish your words on this online page or by print to display on our patients testimonials board.
Email: nkbci@aub.edu.lb
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