title: Partnerships between self-help networks and health care facilities: the case of the Bayview Support Network.
abstract: This article discusses the role of patients and their families as peer support providers to other patients, and as decision makers within organizations. We use as a model the Bayview Support Network, a self-help network at the Toronto-Sunnybrook Regional Cancer Centre. We review the benefits of partnership, costs, limitations and risks. A list of features that contribute to effective partnership is also provided.
authors.affiliation: Toronto-Sunnybrook Regional Cancer Center.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Gray
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Greenberg
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: McBurney
authors.forename: M S
authors.initials: MS
authors.lastname: Douglas
mesh_terms: D002173:Cancer Care Facilities / Q000191:economics / Q000458:organization & administration*; D019058:Community Networks / Q000458:organization & administration; D003362:Cost-Benefit Analysis; D005069:Evaluation Studies as Topic; D017146:Models, Organizational; D009864:Ontario; D019982:Organizational Case Studies; D010379:Peer Group; D012657:Self-Help Groups / Q000458:organization & administration*; D012944:Social Support