IMPACT-ICU: A Relevant Sustainable Program for Military Institutions.

The IMPACT-ICU program provides staff with tools that make difficult palliative conversations easier; introduces the "3 conversations," incorporates role-play activities, and provides for continued coaching. This program is highly relevant to the military health system, which typically lacks a specialized palliative care service. It is easily transferable to any environment to include austere locations as well as other disparate health care institutions.

Oncology expressive arts: providing a window to reflect on a stressful experience.

Purpose: Evaluate changes in mood, perceived need for help, and task enjoyment after participation in a one-time Oncology on Canvas expressive arts workshop intervention.

Methods: Mixed methods design. Sample: military-veteran oncology survivors and their adult `ohana (family members, caregivers, friends, healthcare providers, volunteers).

Perceived Impact of Participation in a One-Time Expressive Arts Workshop.

Introduction: This 2015 study examined the use of art to express the experience of the cancer journey of military cancer patients/cancer survivors, family and friends, caregivers, volunteers, and staff members through a one-time art-making workshop, administered by non-art therapists.Using art to express a medical/cancer journey may give participants, who cannot express their feelings in words, the ability to articulate their experience through art that looks at the creative process rather than the end result - expressive art.

Materials And Methods: This mixed methods study examined the use of art to express the cancer journey of participants.

Psychosocial issues in colorectal cancer survivorship: the top ten questions patients may not be asking.

Advances in colorectal cancer screening and treatment have increased survivorship significantly in recent years. This has led to an increased emphasis on the need for continuing patient care long after cancer treatment is completed. Colorectal cancer survivors may face a number of psychosocial issues following treatment, including cancer-related distress, adjustment to physical changes following treatment, and challenges related to returning to work.

Addressing sexual dysfunction in colorectal cancer survivorship care.

Despite the high prevalence of sexual dysfunction in survivors of colorectal cancer, studies have shown that patients and providers rarely discuss how these symptoms may be influencing overall quality of life. The type and severity of symptoms of sexual dysfunction can vary greatly depending on the type of colorectal cancer and treatment, and assessment of sexual dysfunction is key to understanding how patients may be affected by these symptoms. Although patients would like to discuss these issues with their provider, they are often reluctant to ask questions about sexual functioning during appointments.