COVID-19 Vaccinations: Summary Guidance for Cancer Patients in 28 Languages: Breaking Barriers to Cancer Patient Information.
Rev Recent Clin Trials
; 17(1): 11-14, 2022.
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| ID: mdl-34967300
BACKGROUND: Covid-19 vaccination has started in the majority of the countries at the global level. Cancer patients are at high risk for infection, serious illness, and death from COVID-19 and need vaccination guidance and support. Guidance availability in the English language only is a major limit for recommendations' delivery and their application in the world's population and generates information inequalities across the different populations. METHODS: Most of the available COVID-19 vaccination guidance for cancer patients was screened and scrutinized by the European Cancer Patients Coalition (ECPC) and an international oncology panel of 52 physicians from 33 countries. RESULTS: A summary guidance was developed and provided in 28 languages in order to reach more than 70 percent of the global population. CONCLUSION: Language barrier and e-guidance availability in the native language are the most important barriers when communicating with patients. E-guidance availability in various native languages should be considered a major priority by international medical and health organizations that are communicating with patients at the global level.
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Colección:
01-internacional
Base de datos:
MEDLINE
Asunto principal:
COVID-19
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Neoplasias
Tipo de estudio:
Guideline
Límite:
Humans
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Rev Recent Clin Trials
Asunto de la revista:
MEDICINA
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TERAPEUTICA
Año:
2022
Tipo del documento:
Article
País de afiliación:
Grecia
Pais de publicación:
Emiratos Árabes Unidos