Management of Malignant Bowel Obstruction: An Innovative Proactive Outpatient Nurse-Led Model of Care for Patients

Nazlin Jivraj1, Yeh Chen Lee, Lisa Tinker

  • 1Division of Medical Oncology and Hematology (Drs Dhani, Lheureux, and Oza), Princess Margaret Cancer Centre (Mss Jivraj, Tinker, Bowering, Ng, and Buchanan and Dr Lau), Toronto, Ontario, Canada; Royal Hospital for Women and University of South Wales, Randwick, New South Wales, Australia (Dr Lee); Divisions of Gynecologic Oncology (Dr Ferguson), General Surgery (Drs Dhar and Shlomovitz), and Radiology (Dr Shlomovitz), University Health Network (Dr Croke and Mss Karakasis and Stuart-McEwan), Toronto, Ontario, Canada; Departments of Obstetrics and Gynecology (Dr Ferguson), Radiation Oncology (Dr Croke), and Surgery (Drs Dhar and Shlomovitz), and Lawrence S. Bloomberg Faculty of Nursing (Ms Stuart-McEwan), University of Toronto (Dr Oza), Toronto, Ontario, Canada; Mount Sinai Hospital, Toronto, Ontario, Canada (Dr Chawla); and Joint Department of Medical Imaging, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada (Dr Chawla).

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