There is evidence that young people enjoy the supportive aspect of education [ 18, 22], and a lack of education support has been associated with discharge delays [ 45].
"Our impression is certainly that the majority of the women do experience at least some benefit from the group," says Heal. "It seems to be the combination of exercising outdoors with the social and mutually supportive aspect of being with other people who have experienced similar problems".
Young people have been found to appreciate the supportive aspect of education [ 22] with only small numbers expressing concerns about the quality of schooling [ 27].
Elderly patients with non-small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC) are a complex patient group with increasing co-morbidity and shrinking physiological reserve, and may derive substantial benefit from the supportive aspects of TCM.
Nurse-trainers also identified the supportive aspects of the PALSA PLUS training as one of its key successes: "No, the responses [to the training] are very, very good.
Overall, the psychosocial and supportive aspects of care were rated highest while statements relating to factors known to be important (access to clinical trials, treatment at a high volume centre and specialist diagnostics) were not rated as highly as expected.
It's this type of social, supportive aspect to human nature that allowed gossip to come about, says Zuberbuehler.
"So no deflation thus far in the UK, although this Christmas will see a swath of price cutting in the very supportive aspects to CPI – namely DVDs, computer games and the demon drink.
This pattern persists at least until postnatal stages, suggesting a supportive role in the maintenance of some aspect of the local serotonergic cells (personal observations, Allen Developing Mouse Brain Atlas, http://developingmouse.brain-map.org/).
Given the many negative consequences of anaemia for ovarian cancer patients, maintaining optimal Hb levels should be considered an essential aspect of supportive care.
Yet infection remains the leading cause of death in cancer patients and is a major cause of morbidity and hospitaliza tion, making it a major aspect of the supportive care of cancer patients.
