Scientific approach for cancer care.

One of the best weapons in the fight against professional 'burn out' is education, according to Gus de Haas, Director of Nurse Training from Tilburg, Holland. Speaking at a conference on a European core curriculum for postbasic cancer nursing, he told delegates from all over Europe that oncology nursing has aspects that make special training necessary, and that the philosophy of the curriculum should focus on the interaction between cancer patient and nurse. 'We should listen very carefully to the person who lives with the reality of having cancer,' he said.