How to improve care for older people: ‘Treat the patient, not their cancer’
Produced by AusDoc on behalf of COSA
Dr Paul Viray and Dr Michael Krasovitsky got yesterday morning off to an inspiring start by chairing a highly engaged breakfast panel discussion about optimising care for older patients.Â
The session catalyst was a multidisciplinary discussion about the case of a 77-year-old female patient with breast cancer.
In a departure from the usual makeup of MDTs, the panel included medical oncologists, a cancer nurse, a pharmacist, a geriatrician, a radiation oncologist, a surgeon and a consumer.
