Explaining cancer to people with learning disabilities.

Why you should read this article: • To consider how you might explain cancer to people with learning disabilities • To enhance your understanding of the reasoning process and concepts such as learning from experience, concept formation and narrative building • To contribute towards revalidation as p...

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Publicado en:Learning Disability Practice Vol. 29; no. 4; pp. 34 - 44
Autor principal: Price, Bob
Formato: CEU exam questions pictorial tables/charts Journal Article
Publicado: Royal College of Nursing of the United Kingdom (The) Aug2026
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          Persons with Intellectual Disabilities Education
          Neoplasms Education
          Cancer Patients Education
          Nurse-Patient Relations
          Consent
          Support, Psychosocial
          Education, Continuing (Credit)
          Clinical Reasoning
          Job Experience
          Empathy
          Narratives
          Work Experiences
          Trust
          Communication
          Professional Development
          Education, Nursing, Continuing
      ab: Why you should read this article: • To consider how you might explain cancer to people with learning disabilities • To enhance your understanding of the reasoning process and concepts such as learning from experience, concept formation and narrative building • To contribute towards revalidation as part of your 35 hours of CPD (UK readers) • To contribute towards your professional development and local registration renewal requirements (non-UK readers). There are compelling reasons for reviewing what might be effectively explained about cancer to people with learning disabilities. Much of the initiative to make cancer care more accessible to people with learning disabilities centres on explaining the screening and treatment process. But a case can be made for explaining cancer itself. While the ability to understand cancer, where it comes from for example, will vary among people with learning disabilities, it seems wise to explore what can be understood, and what can help to sustain the person during treatment, as part of informed consent. In this article the author discusses what is involved in explaining cancer to people with learning disabilities within the context of the process of reasoning – that is, learning from experience, concept formation and narrative building. The author also details some practical principles for learning disability nurses which are intended to support them when explaining cancer to service users.
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