Fertility preservation: Improving access through nurse-advocated financial assistance Journal Article
| Authors: | Semler, R.; Thom, B. |
| Article Title: | Fertility preservation: Improving access through nurse-advocated financial assistance |
| Abstract: | BACKGROUND: Young adult patients and survivors may face impaired fertility or infertility as a result of their cancer treatment, and many will need costly assisted reproductive technology to build their families. Fertility nurse specialists (FNSs) can play a role in alleviating the distress associated with the co-occurrence of financial toxicity and impaired fertility/infertility. OBJECTIVES: This article describes a nurse-led oncofertility program that offers counseling to patients of any age, with any diagnosis, and at any stage of treatment. METHODS: An overview of the literature and a description of a clinical practice, including relevant case studies, are presented. FINDINGS: FNSs can seek to lessen the financial burden associated with family building before and after cancer treatment by developing a network of reproductive specialists who will provide discounted services and by sharing information on available resources that might reduce the costs. |
| Keywords: | young adult; survivorship; fertility preservation; family building; nurse specialist |
| Journal Title: | Clinical Journal of Oncology Nursing |
| Volume: | 23 |
| Issue: | 5 Suppl. |
| ISSN: | 1092-1095 |
| Publisher: | Oncology Nursing Society (ONS) |
| Date Published: | 2019-10-01 |
| Start Page: | 27 |
| End Page: | 30 |
| Language: | English |
| DOI: | 10.1188/19.Cjon.S2.27-30 |
| PUBMED: | 31538989 |
| PROVIDER: | scopus |
| PMCID: | PMC7441848 |
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| Notes: | Article -- Export Date: 1 October 2019 -- Source: Scopus |
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