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Emily K. Drake: How Advocates Can Support Young Adults Living With Cancer and Their Transition to Palliative Care

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Dec 11, 2024, 15:22

Emily K. Drake: How Advocates Can Support Young Adults Living With Cancer and Their Transition to Palliative Care

Emily K. Drake shared a post on LinkedIn:

“New paper

How Advocates Can Support Young Adults Living With Cancer and Their Transition to Palliative Care

I am so pleased to share the third paper from my dissertation!

The purpose of this AYACSM community-based social media study was to explore what cancer advocates can do to support young adults (18–39 years of age) with advanced cancer in their transition to Palliative Care.

How Advocates Can Support Young Adults Living With Cancer and Their Transition to Palliative Care

Authors: Emily K. Drake, Lori E. Weeks, Michael van Manen, Dani Taylor, Ian Ricci, Janet Curran.”

Emily K. Drake: How Advocates Can Support Young Adults Living With Cancer and Their Transition to Palliative Care

Emily K. Drake is a cancer researcher, co-founder of #AYACSM and adolescent and young adult cancer advocate. Emily is also Postdoctoral Researcher at McGill University. A social innovator, Emily co-founded Adolescent and Young Adult Cancer Societal Movement (#AYACSM) in 2013. This active, multi-disciplinary Twitter community, continues to grow and is changing the way stakeholders interact and share information regarding adolescents and young adults living with cancer on multiple social media channels. Emily currently runs her own consulting business (EmilyDrake.ca). She was working with Hope and Cope at the Jewish General Hospital/McGill University as the Director of their young adult cancer support program, which offered in person and digital support services.