June is LBGT PRIDE Month, and as such we have collected together some resources for supporting Cancer Patients who identify as LGBT+

We are always looking to improve our collection so if you have suggestions for purchases, please contact us on extension x3452 or via email library@christie.nhs.uk

Available in the Christie Library

 

Proud2BSmokefree – a report by The LGBT Cancer Support Alliance

We have a copy in the library, and this publication is also available online here.

 

 

 

 

Being Accepted Being Me: Understanding end of life care needs for older LGBT people – a publication by The University of Nottingham and the National Council for Palliative Care

Available in the library.

 

 

 

Other Online Resources

 

Fair Care for Trans People – An RCN guide for Nursing and Healthcare Professionals

Link to PDF

 

 

 

Macmillan ‘Sharing Best Practice’: Supporting Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender People affected by Cancer

Link to PDF

 

 

 

Macmillan Report: The Emerging Picture on LGBT people with cancer

Inclusivity: supporting BAME trans people

Queer aging: implications for social work practice with lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer older adults

Prostate Cancer UK Blog on patient experience

LGBT Foundation – Manchester based support and resources for LGBT patients living with cancer

Recent academic articles

 The library may not subscribe to all of these resources but can obtain them if you require them, please get in touch with us if you encounter any difficulties.

In February 2018, Seminars in Oncology Nursing published a special issue on Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender (LGBT) Cancer Care. Topics include survivorship, screening, barriers and staff knowledge.

Knowledge, Beliefs, and Communication Behavior of Oncology Health-care Providers (HCPs) regarding Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender (LGBT) Patient Health care.

Breast and reproductive cancers in the transgender population: a systematic review.

The cancer care experiences of gay, lesbian and bisexual patients: A secondary analysis of data from the UK Cancer Patient Experience Survey.

contact the library if you require a literature search on this or any other topic.

Journals available for Christie Staff

 

Gay and Lesbian Issues and Psychology Review

Available using your OpenAthens account – CLICK HERE

 

 

 

In the Cancer Information Centre – a variety of books are available for staff and patients to borrow

The 3rd Christie Advanced Radiotherapy Summer School is on the horizon and so we thought it would be good to spotlight on some Radiotherapy Resources that are available via your Trust Library.

Click here to: Watch one of the debates from last year’s Summer School

Click here to: find out more about Proton Beam Therapy at The Christie

Click here to: read Cancer Research’s 12 part blog series on Radiotherapy

Books in the Christie Library

 

CT anatomy for radiotherapy  /  Bridge, Pete  &  Tipper, David, J  (2011)

eBook available here for Christie Staff with OpenAthens

 

 

Clinical radiation oncology [ClinicalKey ebook]  /  Gunderson, Leonard L ,  Tepper, Joel E  &  Bogart, Jeffrey A  (2015)

eBook available here for Christie Staff with OpenAthens

 

 

The latest research from/in collaboration with Christie Authors

Proton beam therapy – the challenges of delivering high-quality evidence of clinical benefit.

Image guidance for proton therapy.

Patient involvement in the design of a Phase III trial comparing intensity-modulated proton therapy and intensity-modulated radiotherapy for oropharyngeal cancer.

Mathematical modelling for patient selection in proton therapy.

High Impact Journals available at the Christie Library – click on the title to browse articles

 

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

aka ‘The Red Journal’

 

 

 

 

British Journal of Radiology

 

 

 

The Journal of Nuclear Medicine

 

 

 

 

Seminars in Radiation Oncology

 

 

 

 

Remember, the library provides training for Christie Staff in doing your own literature and database searching and we can also do it FOR you. Please get in touch with us at library@christie.nhs.uk or book on to the next session vie the Trust intranet ‘Events Diary’

 

The 3rd Christie Advanced Radiotherapy Summer School is a 4 day conference based at The Christie School of Oncology in Manchester, for more information and the full programme, CLICK HERE

 

We have updated our blog sidebar with some handy links to trustworthy sources of information and discussion on best practice for staff.

Keeping up to date can be difficult when you have a lot of clinical priorities, so the Christie Library and our colleagues across the Northwest have tried to make it as easy as possible for you.

We have compiled a list of trusted web and blog resources for staff to peruse, or bookmark so that keeping up to date can be as simple as one click of the mouse.

Today’s blog recommendation from Janet, our Nursing Librarian, is the May 2018 post on the Foundation of Nursing Studies blog, entitled: The value of collaboration, inclusion and participation.

Here is a run down of some of the blogs available that you can subscribe to and keep up to date. If you are aware of any other useful blogs for NHS staff, please let us know and we will collect them on our blog sidebar ‘Recommended Reads’.

Medical Oncology Update – a blog from Librarians and Medical Oncologists at The Christie

https://medicaloncologyupdate.wordpress.com/

 

BMJ evidence based nursing blog

https://blogs.bmj.com/ebn/

 

Cardiovascular Horizon Scanning Bulletin

https://cardionwpctl.wordpress.com/

 

Child Health Horizon Scanning Bulletin 

https://childhealthnwpctl.wordpress.com/

 

Child Mental Health Horizon Scanning Bulletin 

https://childmentalhealthnwpctl.wordpress.com/

 

Diabetes Type 2 Horizon Scanning Bulletin 

https://diabetestype2nwpctl.wordpress.com/

 

Dementia Horizon Scanning Bulletin 

https://dementianwpctl.wordpress.com/

 

End of Life Care Horizon Scanning Bulletin 

https://palliativecarenwpctl.wordpress.com/

 

Falls Prevention Horizon Scanning Bulletin 

https://fallspreventionnwpctl.wordpress.com/

 

Sleep Bulletin – the latest sleep research

https://sleepbulletin.wordpress.com/

 

Stroke Horizon Scanning Bulletin

https://strokenwpctl.wordpress.com/

 

Foundation of Nursing Studies Blog

https://www.fons.org/common-room/blogs

 

Health Care Awards bulletin – a database of health awards that are open, about to open, which you can apply to.

https://getrecognisedforexcellence.wordpress.com/

 

North Grey Literature Collection – an archive of grey literature

What is ‘Grey Literature’ we hear you cry! It includes various documents Grey literature is any information that is not produced by commercial publishers.

“It includes research reports, working papers, conference proceedings, theses, preprints, white papers, and reports produced by government departments, academics, business and industry.”

Source: University of Leeds

 

Click here to go to the North Grey Literature Collection Website

Supportive care is increasingly seen at the forefront of the prevention and management of the adverse effects of cancer as well as cancer treatments. There has never been more of a need for oncology and supportive care services to interface seamlessly and provide a joined up approach for the care of our patients.

In conjunction with the upcoming Enhanced Supportive Care: Cancer Toxicity Management Conference on 5-6 July 2018, we have  put together some of the resources that you may find useful in this subject area.

Many links will ask you to log in with OpenAthens to access the full resource, if you have any trouble accessing something, please get in  touch with your Trust library.

Introductory Resources

Dr Richard Berman’s blog for NHS England

Guidance for providers and professionals  – Link to PDF Document from NHS England

Berman R, Elliott E, LaMola L, et al O-1 Enhanced supportive care in cancer BMJ Supportive & Palliative Care 2017;7:A1.

Useful websites:

• Multinational Association of Support Care in Cancer – www.mascc.org
• The World Hospice Palliative Care Alliance – www.thewhpca.org
• The World Health Organisation Global Atlas of Palliative Care at the End of Life National SACT Dataset – www.chemodataset.nhs.uk/home

Other key resources:

The World Health Organisation Global Atlas of Palliative Care at the End of Life – PDF

DH 2010; Living with and Beyond Cancer – Taking Action to Improve Outcomes
(National Cancer Surivorship Initiative). – PDF

Key Papers – may require log on with Open Athens 

Early Palliative Care for Patients with Metastatic Non–Small-Cell Lung Cancer. (Temel et al, 2010)

Effect of early palliative care on chemotherapy use and end-of-life care in patients with metastatic non-small-cell lung cancer. (Greer et al, 2012)

Early Versus Delayed Initiation of Concurrent Palliative Oncology Care: Patient Outcomes in the ENABLE III Randomized Controlled Trial.(Bakitas, 2015)

A novel approach to improving ambulatory outpatient management of low risk febrile neutropenia: an Enhanced Supportive Care (ESC) clinic (Cooksley et al, 2018) – this article would require an inter-library loan for Christie Staff, please get in touch with the library if you would like to obtain it. 

Latest Publications

159 Enhanced supportive care (esc): results from the national cquin data (year 1 (Berman et al, 2018)

Development and validation of the quality care questionnaire –palliative care (QCQ-PC): patient-reported assessment of quality of palliative care (Ho Yun et al, 2018)

NICE Guidance

Cancer service guideline [CSG4] Published date: March 2004

Improving supportive and palliative care for adults with cancer

Quality standard [QS13] Published date: November 2011 Last updated: March 2017

End of life care for adults

Christie staff can get regular updates about this subject area:

Please contact the library if you would like us to set up a regular literature searches for you. library@christie.nhs.uk / tel: 0161 446 3452

Get high impact alerts from a wide variety of courses by signing up for KnowledgeShare alerts, including The King’s Fund, NICE Guidance, NHS Improving Quality Reports and other national policy – more information here

For more information or to book on to the upcoming Enhanced Supportive Care: Cancer Toxicity Management Conference  CLICK HERE

We thought we would round up some up to date mental health resources as it is mental health awareness week.

This year’s focus is on the theme of Stress which feels very relevant to many NHS staff we’re sure. The mental health foundation have a wealth of resources and guidance on their website including a free downloadable PDF on this year’s topic here.

 

There are health and wellbeing books, including a range of resources directly aimed at Cancer patients and their relatives in the Cancer Information Centre (dept 2, Oak Road Entrance) and these can be borrowed by both staff and patients.

Christie Staff can relax in the Library

Remember we have a range of books in the library, including fiction ‘books for breaks’, and non-fiction on health and wellbeing topics.

We also have a big colouring in wall if you want to help us to get it filled in do drop by.

The library is open to all staff and volunteers at the Christie.

We take a daily newspaper, New Scientist and other key print journals in addition to our e-resources, making the library a comfortable and tranquil space to spend time on your break.

Gain access to the library 24/7 using your hospital ID card.

 

BMJ Podcast episode: “The complexities of depression in cancer”

Stream the episode online

or listen via your Smartphone’s podcast app by searching ‘BMJ Talk Medicine’

“For many people, cancer is now survivable and has become a long term condition, and depression and anxiety are more common in cancer survivors than in the general population. Despite this, 73% of patients don’t receive effective psychiatric treatment.

Alexandra Pitman, consultant liaison psychiatrist at St George’s University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, and Andrew Hodgkiss, consultant liaison psychiatrist, at the Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience join us to dispel some of the concern clinicians may have about the complexities of diagnosing depression in cancer – what is biopsychosocial, what is the organic result of the cancer or treatment – and some of the concern about treatment interactions.”

Read the two education articles:
www.bmj.com/content/361/bmj.k1415
www.bmj.com/content/361/bmj.k1488

View the BMJ’s visual summary of Anxiety and Depression in relation to cancer HERE

An Introduction to Haematology Care is a forthcoming study day coming up on 21st May, so in conjunction we have compiled some introductory resources around haematology.

Many links will ask you to log in with OpenAthens to access the full resource, if you have any trouble accessing something, please get in  touch with your Trust library.

 

Books – many now available live through the library catalogue as eBooks:

Oxford handbook of clinical haematology (Provan, 2015)

Color atlas of clinical hematology (Hoffbrand, 2010)

Atlas of comparative diagnostic and experimental hematology (Smith, 2011)

Dacie and Lewis practical haematology (Bain et al, 2016)

Haematology at a glance (Mehta, 2014) – Also available in the library

Haematology nursing (Brown, 2012) – Also available in the library

 ABC of clinical haematology (Provan, 2007)  – Available in the library

Essential haematology (Hoffbrand, 2011)  – Available in the library

Hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (Treleaven, 2009) – Available in the library

Introduction to cancer biology (Hesketh, 2013) 

 

Ejournals

Hematological Oncology

Hematology Clinics of North America

Blood

Bone Marrow Transplantation

British Journal of Haematology

European Journal of Haematology

Pediatric Hematology and Oncology

 

Relevant NICE Guidance & Quality Standards

Haematological cancers: improving outcomes [NG47] Published date: May 2016

Haematological cancers [QS150] Published date: June 2017

Haematological cancers – recognition and referral Last revised in November 2015

Recent Publications – log in with OpenAthens

The power of inspiration on a paediatriac oncology unit.
Kelly S. British Journal of Nursing 2018;27(3):172-172.
[A personal narrative is presented in which a nursing student reflects on her experience of having a clinical placement on a paediatric oncology unit.]

Impact Brief: Best cancer care: Macmillan’s one-to-one support workers, 2/2.
Macmillan Cancer Support. British Journal of Healthcare Assistants 2017;11(11):542 – 547.
[Support workers help clinical nurse specialists (CNSs) and other healthcare professionals to use their skills where they are most needed. The first of these two articles (Macmillan Cancer Support, 2017) described the background to the cancer charity’s decision to create a new support role: the aim of Macmillan’s One-to-One support workers is to enable people living with cancer with non-complex needs to self-manage.]

A safe procedure: best practice for intravenous peripheral cannulation.
Bitmead J. British Journal of Nursing 2018;27(Supplement 2):1-7.
[The article discusses safe methods for nurses’ peripheral intravenous catheterization (PIVC), or cannulation, in a patient, including so as to prevent the complication of a bloodstream infection. An overview nurses’ assessment of veins in the hand suitable for PIVC is provided.]

Communication is a two-way street.
Price-Dowd C. British Journal of Nursing 2018;27(3):171-171.
[The author reflects on what it means to be an effective communicator and discusses how to develop two-way communication sills as a nursing professional. She comments on nurse-patient communication strategies and how to avoid isolating, confusing, or dismissing patients. Particular attention is given to honesty in communication and non-verbal communication.]

More information about the forthcoming study day can be found here – This day will provide a basic knowledge of haematological malignancies and the complications that can occur when caring for them.  Attendees will gain an understanding of the main haematological disease groups, their treatments, associated toxicities and supportive care as well as the role of clinical trials in haematology.

The AMA Manual of Style will give you everything you need to produce well-organised and clear manuscripts.

It is a must-have guide for anyone involved in medical and scientific publishing.

We have a one-month free trial to it. Login with an OpenAthens username and password, using this link:
Access the AMA Manual of Style

If you find this useful please let us know, and we will look into providing it permenantly.

What is it?

The AMA Manual of Style is a comprehensive style guide created by the American Medical Association and is widely used by hundreds of scientific journals. Their style is known for clarity and simplicity, which is important for writing on complex topics, and can help you achieve this in your own writing. Many biomedical journals ask authors to use AMA style in their instructions for authors when preparing manuscripts.

It covers all aspects of writing an article, from how to correctly use punctuation, capitals and abbreviations to what information should be included.

How will it benefit me?

Clear writing is important not only when preparing a manuscript for publication, but whenever you are trying for write information for other people.

It can be used as a reference for the correct use of punctuation, grammar, abbreviations and more.

It also contains a lot of useful information about common study designs and how they should be reported.