Funding to help health professionals care for patients’ emotional wellbeing

By : on : 22/07/2019 comments : (Comments Off on Funding to help health professionals care for patients’ emotional wellbeing)

Dr Katharine Hodgkinson, Prof Fran Boyle AM and Amanda O’Reilly were excited to receive funding from The Friends of The Mater Foundation to provide education and training to help health professionals care for patient’s emotional needs.  We know that undergoing cancer care can be tough physically and emotionally, and research consistently identifies high rates of […]

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Speaking with 2GB

By : on : 24/06/2019 comments : (Comments Off on Speaking with 2GB)

Jo Marx, Program Facilitator of the Writing as Therapy course for those with an experience with cancer, and HeadwayHealth’s Dr Katharine Hodgkinson spoke on Evenings with Steve Price on Radio 2GB in June. Cancer is often described as a “rollercoaster” and everyone needs to find their own ways of coping – different strategies will work […]

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