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Resource Development Team 2023
Authors:
Melba Sheila D’Souza, PhD, MPhilN., MScN, BScN, RN, CMSN, CCNE
Ruby Gidda, RN, BSN, MEd
Danielle Wittal, RTT, MSc
Catherine Dixon, BSN, RN, CON(C)
Educational Technologies: Brenna Clarke Gray, PhD, MA
Instructional Design: Marie Bartlett, MA
Copyediting: Kaitlyn Meyers, BA
Production: Jessica Obando Almache, BCS
Contributions:
Amy Strank, RN, BSN
Matthew Savoy, RN, BSN
Karma Lalli, BSN
Special Thanks to Partnerships & Collaborators
- Interior Health Long Term and Senior Care
- Thompson Rivers University School of Nursing
- University of British Columbia Okanagan
- Canadian Foundation for Policy Research
- British Columbia Cancer Agency (Abbotsford)
- British Columbia Cancer Agency (Kamloops)
- Kamloops Massage Matters
- Royal Inland Hospital Foundation
- Breast Cancer Society of Canada
- Breast Cancer Survivorship Kamloops
- Canadian Mental Health Association
- Give Cancer the Finger Kamloops
- InspireHealth Supportive Cancer Care Society Canada
- Kamloops Breast Cancer Support Group
- Kamloops Cancer Supportive Care Society
- Kamloops Immigrant Services
- Look Good Feel Better
- May Cause Radiance
- Northwest Territories Health and Social Services Authority
- Rae Fawcett Breast Health Clinic
- Rural and Remote Division of Family Practice Revelstoke
- Sensational Survivors City of Kamloops
Communication
Melba D’Souza
Associate Professor, School of Nursing
Chappell Family Building for Nursing and Population Health
Kamloops, BC V2C 0C8
mdsouza@tru.ca
250-371-5539
Ruby Gidda
Executive Director, BC Cancer Abbotsford & Provincial Professional Practice (Nursing & Allied Health)
Adjunct Faculty, School of Nursing – University of British Columbia
BC Cancer
Abbotsford, BC V2S 0C2
ruby.gidda@bccancer.bc.ca
Danielle Wittal
RTT, MSc
Kamloops, BC V2C 0C8
danielle.wittal@interiorhealth.ca
Catherine Dixon
Territorial Specialist – Cancer Care
Territorial Operations – Cancer Care
Northwest Territories Health and Social Services Authority – Yellowknife Region Government of the Northwest Territories
catherine_dixon@gov.nt.ca
Resource Information
Citation:
D’Souza, M. S., Gidda, R., Wittal, D., & Dixon, D. (2023). Interdisciplinary approaches to psychosocial oncology. Breast Cancer Canada, Breast Cancer Society of Canada Grant. Canada. https://cancercareeducation.trubox.ca/
Lead Principal Investigator:
Melba D’Souza, PhD, MPhilN, MScN, BScN, RN, CASN, CMSN©
Co-Principal Investigator:
Ruby Gidda, RN, BSN, MEd
Date Created:
January 9, 2024
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