Ke koho ʻana i kahi kauka a me ka haukapila no kāu mālama maʻi ʻaʻai

Ke ʻimi ʻoe i ka lāʻau maʻi ʻaukā, makemake ʻoe e ʻike i ka mālama kūpono loa. Koho i ke kauka a me kahi ʻoihana lapaʻau kekahi o nā hoʻoholo nui āu e hoʻoholo ai.

Koho ka poʻe i ke kauka a hahai i kēia kauka i ko lākou haukapila a kikowaena paha e koho paha kekahi i kahi kikowaena maʻi ʻaʻai.

Ke nānā nei ʻoe no ke kauka a i ʻole kahi haukapila, e hoʻomanaʻo ʻo kāu mau koho kēia. E ʻoluʻolu e ʻoluʻolu ʻoe i kāu mau hoʻoholo. ʻO ka loaʻa ʻana o kahi kauka a me kahi haukapila āu e makemake ai a hoʻokō i kāu mau pono e kōkua iā ʻoe e loaʻa ka mālama maikaʻi loa.

E noʻonoʻo e pili ana i ke ʻano o ke kauka a me ke ʻano o ka mālama e kūpono loa iā ʻoe. Ma mua o ke koho ʻana, e hui me kekahi mau kauka e ʻike pehea ʻoe e launa pū ai. Makemake ʻoe e koho i kahi kauka āu e ʻoluʻolu ai.

ʻO kekahi mau nīnau āu e noi ai a noʻonoʻo paha e pili ana:

• Makemake a makemake paha wau i kauka i loea i kaʻu ʻano maʻi ʻaʻai?
• Hoʻomaopopo pono ke kauka i nā mea, hoʻolohe iaʻu, a pane i kaʻu mau nīnau?
• ʻOluʻolu wau me ke kauka?
• Ehia mau hana a ke kauka i hana ai no kaʻu ʻano maʻi ʻaʻai?
• Hana anei ke kauka ma ke ʻano he mahele o kahi kikowaena mālama maʻi maʻi ʻoi aku ka nui?
• Komo ke kauka i nā hoʻokolohua hoʻokolohua a i ʻole hiki iā lākou ke kuhikuhi iā ʻoe i nā hoʻokolohua hoʻokolohua?
• Aia kekahi kanaka i ke keʻena o ke kauka i hiki ke kōkua i ka hoʻonohonoho ʻana i nā manawa a me nā hoʻokolohua, hāʻawi i nā manaʻo no ka mālama ʻana i nā hopena ʻaoʻao, a hāʻawi i ke kākoʻo naʻau?

Inā he ʻinikua olakino ʻoe, pono ʻoe e nīnau inā ʻae ke kauka i kāu hoʻolālā.

Loaʻa iā ʻoe he kauka mālama mua. I kēia manawa pono ʻoe i kekahi kauka e loea i ka mālama maʻi ʻaʻai. Kapa ʻia kēia kauka he oncologist.

Nui a hewahewa nā ʻano kauka o ka maʻi ʻaʻai. ʻO ka manawa pinepine, hana pū kēia mau kauka ma ke ʻano he kime, no laila e hana pū paha ʻoe me ʻoi aku ma mua o hoʻokahi kauka i ka manawa o kāu lapaʻau.

Oncologist lapaʻau. He loea kēia kauka i ka mālama ʻana i ka maʻi ʻaʻai. ʻO kēia ke kanaka āu e ʻike pinepine ai. Ma ke ʻano he ʻāpana o kāu kime mālama maʻi ʻaʻai, e kōkua kāu oncologist i ka hoʻolālā, kuhikuhi, a hoʻohui pū i kāu mālama ʻana me nā kauka ʻē aʻe, a mālama i kāu mālama holoʻokoʻa. ʻO kēia ke kauka nāna e kuhikuhi i ka chemotherapy inā pono.

Oncologist ʻoki kino. He kauka lapaʻau kēia kauka me ka hoʻomaʻamaʻa kūikawā i ka mālama ʻana i ka maʻi ʻaʻai. Hana kēia ʻano ʻokiʻoki i nā biopsies a hiki iā ia ke wehe i nā tumors a me nā mea maʻi ʻaʻai. ʻAʻole pono nā maʻi āpau i kahi kauka lāʻau lapaʻau loea.

Oncologist kukuna uila. He kauka kēia i loea i ka mālama ʻana i ka maʻi ʻaʻai me ka radiation radiation.

Radiologist. He kauka kēia e hana nei a e unuhi nei i nā ʻano ʻokoʻa o nā kukuna x a me nā noi kiʻi.

E hana pū paha ʻoe me nā kauka nāna:

• Kūpono i kāu ʻano kikoʻī o ka wahi o ke kino kahi i loaʻa ai kou maʻi ʻaʻai
• Hana i nā pilikia i kū i ka wā o ka maʻi ʻaʻai

ʻO nā lālā koʻikoʻi ʻē aʻe o ka hui mālama maʻi maʻi maʻi i loko:

• Nā kahu hoʻokele kahu, nā mea e kōkua iā ʻoe a me kāu kauka e hoʻohui i kāu mālama, e hoʻomaopopo iā ʻoe, a loaʻa no nā nīnau
• Nā kahu hana kahu, nā mea hana pū me kāu kauka maʻi ʻaʻai e hāʻawi i kāu mālama

ʻO kahi maikaʻi e hoʻomaka ai e nīnau i ke kauka nāna ʻoe i hōʻoia. E hōʻoia hoʻi e nīnau i ke ʻano o ka maʻi ʻaʻai āu a me ke ʻano o ke kauka āu e ʻike ai. Pono ʻoe i kēia ʻike i ʻike ʻoe i ke ʻano o ke kauka maʻi ʻaʻai āu e hana pū ai. He manaʻo maikaʻi e noi i nā inoa o 2 a 3 mau kauka, i hiki iā ʻoe ke ʻike i ke kanaka āu e ʻoluʻolu loa ai.

Me ka nīnau ʻana i kāu kauka:

• E noi i kāu ʻinikua olakino no kahi papa inoa o nā kauka nāna e mālama i ka maʻi ʻaʻai. He mea nui e hōʻoia e hana pū ʻoe me ke kauka i uhi ʻia e kāu ʻinikua.
• E kiʻi i kahi papa inoa o nā kauka mai ka haukapila a i ʻole kahi ʻoihana maʻi ʻaʻai kahi e loaʻa ai iā ʻoe ka lāʻau. I kekahi mau hihia makemake ʻoe e koho i kahi ʻoihana ma mua, a laila e ʻike i kahi kauka e hana ana ma laila.
• E noi i nā hoaaloha a ʻohana paha i loaʻa ka ʻike me ka maʻi ʻaʻai no kahi ʻōlelo.

Hiki iā ʻoe ke nānā ma ka pūnaewele. Loaʻa nā ʻikepili ma lalo i nā ʻikepili kauka o nā kauka maʻi ʻaʻai. Hiki iā ʻoe ke ʻimi ma ka wahi a me ka loea. Hiki iā ʻoe ke ʻike inā hōʻoia ʻia ke kauka.

• ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa ʻAmelika - doctorfinder.ama-assn.org/doctorfinder/html/patient.jsp
• American Society of Clinical Oncology - www.cancer.net/find-cancer-doctor

Pono ʻoe e koho i kahi haukapila a i ʻole kahi wahi no kāu mālama ʻana i ka maʻi ʻaʻai. Kaukaʻi ʻia i kāu hoʻolālā lapaʻau, e ʻae ʻia ʻoe i ka haukapila a i ʻole mālama mālama i kahi haukapila a i ʻole kahi wahi maʻi.

E ʻike pono i nā haukapila āu e noʻonoʻo nei i ka ʻike ʻana i ke ʻano o ka maʻi ʻaʻai āu. Maikaʻi paha kāu haukapila kūloko no nā maʻi ʻino maʻamau. Akā inā loaʻa ʻoe i ka maʻi ʻaʻai laha ʻole, pono ʻoe e koho i kahi haukapila i loea i kāu maʻi ʻaʻai. I nā hihia kakaikahi, pono ʻoe e huakaʻi i kahi kikowaena maʻi ʻaʻai i loea i kāu maʻi ʻaʻai no ka lapaʻau.

E ʻike i kahi haukapila a i ʻole kahi pono e kūpono i kāu mau pono:

• E kiʻi i kahi papa inoa o nā haukapila i uhi ʻia mai kāu papa olakino.
• E nīnau i ke kauka nāna i loaʻa i kou maʻi ʻaʻai no nā manaʻo e pili ana i nā haukapila. Hiki iā ʻoe ke nīnau i nā kauka ʻē aʻe a i ʻole nā ​​lawelawe lawelawe olakino no ko lākou mau manaʻo.
• E nānā i ka pūnaewele ʻo Commission on Cancer (CoC) no kahi haukapila hōʻoia ʻia e kokoke ana iā ʻoe. ʻO ka hōʻoia ʻana o CoC ʻo ia ka hālāwai ʻana o kahi haukapila i kekahi mau kūlana no nā lawelawe maʻi ʻaʻai a me nā mālama ʻana - www.facs.org/quality-programs/cancer.
• E hōʻoia i ka pūnaewele ʻo National Cancer Institute (NCI). Hiki iā ʻoe ke loaʻa nā papa inoa o nā kikowaena maʻi maʻi i koho ʻia NCI. Hāʻawi kēia mau kikowaena i ka lāʻau maʻi maʻi maʻi kūloko. Hiki paha iā lākou ke nānā i ka mālama ʻana i nā maʻi ʻaʻai laha ʻole - www.cancer.gov/research/nci-role/cancer-centers.

Ke koho ʻana i kahi haukapila, e ʻike inā lawe ia i kāu ʻinikua olakino. ʻO nā nīnau ʻē aʻe āu e makemake ai e nīnau pū me:

• Hiki i kaʻu kauka maʻi ʻaʻai ke hāʻawi i nā lawelawe ma kēia haukapila?
• Ehia mau hihia o kaʻu ʻano maʻi ʻaʻai i mālama ʻia ai kēia haukapila?
• Ua ʻae ʻia kēia haukapila e The Joint Commission (TJC)? Hōʻoiaʻiʻo ka TJC inā hui paha nā haukapila i kahi pae o ka maikaʻi - www.qualitycheck.org.
• He lālā ʻo ka haukapila no ka Association of Community Community Centres? - www.accc-cancer.org.
• Hana paha kēia haukapila i nā hoʻokolohua hoʻokolohua? ʻO nā hoʻokolohua hoʻokolohua nā noiʻi e hoʻāʻo inā he lāʻau a lāʻau paha i hana.
• Inā ʻoe e ʻimi nei i ka mālama maʻi ʻaʻai no kāu keiki, ʻo ka haukapila kahi ʻāpana o ka Children's Oncology Group (COG)? Nānā ka COG i nā pono o ke kanesa o nā keiki - www.childrensoncologygroup.org/index.php/locations.

Pūnaewele ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa ʻAmelika. Ke koho ʻana i kauka a me kahi haukapila. www.cancer.org/treatment/findingandpayingfortreatment/choosingyourtreatmentteam/choosing-a-doctor-and-a-hospital. Hoʻohou i Pepeluali 26, 2016. Loaʻa iā ʻApelila 2, 2020.

Pūnaewele ASCO Cancer.net. Ke koho ʻana i kahi ʻoihana maʻi ʻaʻai. www.cancer.net/navigating-cancer-care/managing-your-care/choosing-cancer-treatment-center. Hoʻohou Ianuali 2019. Loaʻa iā ʻApelila 2, 2020.

Pūnaewele ʻo National Cancer Institute. Ke ʻike nei i nā lawelawe mālama ola. www.kanaka.gov/about-cancer/managing-care/services. Hoʻohou Nowemapa 5, 2019. Loaʻa iā ʻApelila 2, 2020.

• Ke koho ʻana i kauka a i ʻole lawelawe mālama ola