Lung Cancer Canada

Lung Cancer Canada Patient Charter Petition

Principles of Care Delivery for Lung Cancer Patients in Canada

Recognizing that the Canada Health Act guarantees Canadians the right to universal, high-quality medical care delivered in a timely manner, as Canadians, we need to ensure that all lung cancer patients have access to:

  • Timely and appropriate care by a healthcare team;
  • Optimum standard of care and best practices, including prevention, screening, diagnosis, surgery, treatment, support, follow-up, reconstruction and palliative care;
  • Comprehensive information and data about the best evidence-based treatments and the optimum standard of care appropriate to each diagnosis;
  • Psychological, spiritual and emotional support (often called “psychosocial services”) and related information for patients, families and caregivers, including specialized services of psychologists, social workers and oncology nurses;
  • Nationally certified, high-quality screening, diagnostic and treatment equipment operated by accredited professionals;
  • Treatment in a suitably equipped and organized practice, hospital or cancer centre;
  • Comprehensive coverage of medical costs through Medicare, and where costs are not covered, information on financial assistance.

As a lung cancer patient, you have the right to:

  • Make your own informed treatment decisions (including the right to pursue alternative or complementary therapies or refuse treatment);
  • Define quality of life in your own terms;
  • Be fully informed and have access to all treatment options and data about best evidence-based treatments, even if they are not available where you are being treated;
  • Information and educational material about treatment and available services;
  • Receive information about follow-up care, and regular follow-up visits with healthcare professionals to monitor progress and discuss treatment needs;
  • Be informed of the resources available to assist you with the financial implications and costs associated with your diagnosis;
  • Receive information about clinical trials for which you are eligible;
  • Refuse to participate in clinical trials without prejudice to your treatment;
  • Privacy, confidentiality and personal data protection;
  • Review your medical records;
  • Obtain a second opinion to provide confidence in your diagnosis and treatment;
  • Lodge a complaint;
  • Freedom from discrimination because of a cancer diagnosis;
  • Be treated by a qualified, interdisciplinary healthcare team that:
    • Communicates in simple, clear and understandable language;
    • Provides translation services if your first language is not spoken by healthcare team members;
    • Provides sensitive, empathetic treatment;
    • Respects your cultural, religious and sexual orientation;
    • Modifies procedures to minimize potential harm.

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