The Challenge of Maggie's Tokyo

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  • がん患者とその家族・友人が自分を取り戻す居場所
  • がん患者とその家族・友人が自分を取り戻す居場所 : マギーズセンターの試み
  • ガン カンジャ ト ソノ カゾク ・ ユウジン ガ ジブン オ トリモドス イバショ : マギーズセンター ノ ココロミ
  • Where Cancer Patients and Their Families Can Recollect Themselves
  • マギーズセンターの試み

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<p>To create a society where people can feel safe and live with dignity is defined as one of the overall objectives of the third-term Basic Plan to Promote Cancer Control. Five sectorial measures were initiated to achieve the goal under the category of “Living with Cancer.”.</p><p>Maggie's Tokyo was founded in 2016 based on the model of Maggie's Cancer Caring Centres, which originated in the UK in 1996. This article discusses the following three topics: 1) the process of creating Maggie's Tokyo, 2) our challenge to facilitate a new style of consultation support for cancer patients and their families, which has been limited in the conventional cancer care, and 3) the significance of offering such assistance outside hospitals based on our three years of experience.</p><p>Maggie's Tokyo has come to serve as a place to promote shared-decision making. We have been witnessing how not only cancer patients and their families but also medical professionals become liberated, through the collaborative effort, from the belief that they have to discuss necessary information and reach a decision within a short time. The process can contribute to maintaining a high quality of nursing practice as well as increasing the motivation of nurses. It will be even more important to actively start presenting the findings of our practice to the public.</p><p>Running the organization while providing free drop-in support is challenging itself. However, Maggie's Tokyo embracing the power of architecture and space has been attracting the attention of professionals from both medical and non-medical fields.</p>

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  • Iryo To Shakai

    Iryo To Shakai 30 (1), 53-65, 2020-06-16

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