While much of the discussion around cancer focuses on new treatments and their impact on cancer patients, until relatively recently, family members of cancer patients have often gotten lost in the shuffle. “Family caregivers provide the vast majority of care for people with cancer across all phases of illness,” said Dr. Betty Ferrell, a leading researcher on nursing and cancerpalliative careat City of Hope Cancer Center in Duarte, CA. “Yet they are often unprepared for this task and undervalued for their care. |
