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Fredrick D Ashbury

Professor of Health Policy, University of Toronto
Verified email at intel-icon.com
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[HTML][HTML] A Canadian survey of cancer patients' experiences: are their needs being met?

FD Ashbury, H Findlay, B Reynolds… - Journal of pain and …, 1998 - Elsevier
Cancer patients (n = 913) who received treatment within the previous 2 years were interviewed
to quantify reports of symptoms associated with cancer, measure the impact of symptoms …

Effective components for nutrition interventions: a review and application of the literature

TB Sahay, FD Ashbury, M Roberts… - Health Promotion …, 2006 - journals.sagepub.com
A review of the nutrition intervention literature was conducted for Cancer Care Ontario (CCO)
to develop a provincial nutrition and healthy body weight strategy. Controlled trials that …

QOLLTI-F: measuring family carer quality of life

…, C Charbonneau, P Ritvo, FD Ashbury - Palliative …, 2006 - journals.sagepub.com
Background: The primary goal of palliative care is to optimize the quality of life (QOL) of
people living with a life-threatening illness and that of their families. While there have been …

The difference between integration and collaboration in patient care: results from key informant interviews working in multiprofessional health care teams

HS Boon, SA Mior, J Barnsley, FD Ashbury… - Journal of manipulative …, 2009 - Elsevier
OBJECTIVES: Despite the growing interest in integrative health care, collaborative care, and
interdisciplinary health care teams, there appears to be little consistency in terminology and …

One-on-one peer support and quality of life for breast cancer patients

FD Ashbury, C Cameron, SL Mercer, M Fitch… - Patient education and …, 1998 - Elsevier
The Canadian Cancer Society's Reach to Recovery program provides one-on-one support
for breast cancer patients that is delivered by breast cancer survivors. Professionally-led …

Personalised medicine in Canada: a survey of adoption and practice in oncology, cardiology and family medicine

K Bonter, C Desjardins, N Currier, J Pun, FD Ashbury - BMJ open, 2011 - bmjopen.bmj.com
Introduction In order to provide baseline data on genetic testing as a key element of personalised
medicine (PM), Canadian physicians were surveyed to determine roles, perceptions …

[HTML][HTML] Uncertainty upon uncertainty: supportive care for cancer and COVID-19

AM Young, FD Ashbury, L Schapira, F Scotté… - Supportive Care in …, 2020 - Springer
Controlling the COVID-19 pandemic is having a significant negative impact on the lives of
people with cancer. Despite some recent data on increased infection rates of severe acute …

Antidepressant prescribing in community cancer care

FD Ashbury, L Madlensky, P Raich, M Thompson… - Supportive care in …, 2003 - Springer
Goals To describe patterns of antidepressant (ADs) prescribing in community oncology
practice. Patients and methods Data were collected using an electronic medical record on all …

Effect of current dietary recommendations on weight loss and cardiovascular risk factors

DJA Jenkins, BA Boucher, FD Ashbury, M Sloan… - Journal of the American …, 2017 - jacc.org
Background : Dietary recommendations emphasize increased consumption of fruit,
vegetables, and whole grain cereals for prevention of chronic disease. Objectives : This study …

Designing a framework for the delivery of collaborative musculoskeletal care involving chiropractors and physicians in community-based primary care

S Mior, J Barnsley, H Boon, FD Ashbury… - Journal of …, 2010 - Taylor & Francis
Strategies have been proposed to facilitate collaboration between conventional health care
providers in primary care. However, little is known if these are transferable to CAM health …