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Topics Covered
- How Being a Member of Diverse Communities May Impact Your Access to Oncology Care, Treatment, Management of Treatment Side Effects & Pain Management
- What to Expect from Your Relationship with Your Health Care Team: Is Your Health Care Team Providing You with Equitable, Excellent Care?
- What to Consider When Selecting a Cancer Care Team & Treatment Facility - Languages Spoken & Diversity of the Health Care Team
- What is Cultural Humility & How Your Care Team Practices Cultural Humility
- When to Seek a Second Opinion: Finding the Best Care
- How to Request Copies of Treatment & Pathology Reports - Your Encounter Notes
- Key Questions to Ask Your Health Care Team about Your Treatment Plan
- How to Self-Advocate with Health Care Staff: Language Spoken, Disability Services & Other Barriers to Health Equity
- Health Literacy: How to Become More Knowledgeable & Satisfied with Your Care
- Your Important Role in Shared Decision-Making
- Tips to Communicate with Your Health Care Team to Determine If They are the Best Team for You
- Guidelines to Improve Your Communication with Your Health Care Team, including Prepared List of Questions & Follow-Up Appointments
- Questions for Our Panel of Experts
Our Panel of Experts
![Presenter](https://media.cancercare.org/people/headshots/953_thumb/michael_w.jpg)
Michael K. Wong, MD, PhD
Professor, Medical Oncology, Melanoma and Cutaneous Malignancies, Executive Director, Integration and Program Development, Cancer Network, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
![Presenter](https://media.cancercare.org/people/headshots/197_thumb/stewart_f.jpg)
Stewart B. Fleishman, MD
Former Founding Director, Cancer Support Services, Continuum Cancer Centers of New York, now part of the Mt. Sinai Health System, Author, Researcher in Oncology
![Presenter](https://media.cancercare.org/people/headshots/original/Lisa-Petgrave-Nelson-MSW-OSW-C-cropped.jpg)
Lisa Petgrave-Nelson, MSW, OSW-C
Oncology Social Worker, Catholic Health Cancer Institute at St. Francis Hospital
![Presenter](https://media.cancercare.org/people/headshots/265_thumb/guadalupe_p.jpg)
Guadalupe R. Palos, DrPH, MSW, RN
Former Clinical Protocol Administration Manager, Office of Cancer Survivorship, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Author and Researcher in Health Care Disparities & Survivorship
![Presenter](https://media.cancercare.org/people/headshots/original/Blaz-headshot.png)
Bláz Bush, M.ED, (Bláz/he)
Executive Director, LGBTQ+ Health Program, Stanford Medicine, Center for Academic Medicine
![Presenter](https://media.cancercare.org/people/headshots/original/CancerCare_Jaramillo_Sara.jpg)
Sara Grisales Jaramillo, MSW
Insights Program Coordinator, CancerCare
![Presenter](https://media.cancercare.org/people/headshots/original/Sam-Fortune-small-workshop.jpg)
Sam Fortune, MSW
Women’s Cancer Program Coordinator, CancerCare
Brochure
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Workshop Date
This workshop was originally recorded on June 28, 2023.