MSK Staff Publication and Oxford’s Palliative Care eBooks Collection

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The Library has recently purchased an ebook package from Oxford University Press. The collection,Oxford Scholarship Online Palliative Care, includes 71 palliative care related ebook titles.

Featured Book: MSK Staff Publication

Handbook of Communication Oncology and Palliative Care Handbook of Communication in Oncology and Palliative Care edited by David W. Kissane et al, 2010.

This book provides clinicians with practical and evidence-based guidelines to achieve effective, patient-centered communication in the areas of cancer and palliative care. It integrates empirical findings with clinical wisdom, draws on historical approaches and presents a state-of-the-art curriculum for applied communication skills training for the specialist oncologist, surgeon, nurse, and other multi-disciplinary team members involved in cancer care today.

All the Oxford’s Palliative Care ebook titles are accessible through the MSKsearch search box on the Library’s Website.

MSKCC in the News: June 7 – June 13

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  • In an article recently published online in Nature Medicine, researchers from MSKCC and Weill Cornell Medical have described a new mechanism to control the metastasis of cancer that could potentially be used as a novel diagnostic tool and treatment option.
  • A study by Travis H. Stracker, researcher at the Institute for Research in Biomedicine (IRB Barcelona), in collaboration with scientists at MSKCC, reveals new information about the origin of tumors.

Oncology Nursing Society 37th Annual Congress

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Last month, I attended my first ONS Annual Congress. The conference took place in New Orleans.  It was an opportunity to connect with a number of nursing staff from across the country while participating in a number of educational, professional and social activities.

The opening ceremonies were held in the Ernest N Morial Convention Center with keynote speaker Brenda Elsagher whose presentation was titled: Laughter With a Message: A Patient’s Perspective on Humor and Healing.

I then attended a number of sessions presented by nursing faculty and nursing staff from a variety of institutions.  The sessions were quite informative and educational.  Most of these presentations were either studies conducted on a variety of clinical topics or were presentations on nursing education. MSK nursing staff had one pre-Congress instructional session and six podium sessions

Among the plethora of educational activities, I also attended the research poster session where nursing staff had the opportunity to exhibit their posters.  The MSK nursing staff had 23 research posters.  Congratulations to all MSK nursing authors and presenters for their superb contributions to this year’s ONS Congress!

Below is a slideshow of some MSK nurses at their poster sessions (if the show does not play on your device you can visit the Flickr set here).