title: [Role of nurses at the Medical Support Center in the discharge and in-home supports].
abstract: The Medical Support Center(MSC)of the A university hospital encourages inpatients to leave the hospital and outpatients to live better at home. The medical social workers and the nurses cooperate to achieve these aims. The role of the nurses at the Medical Support Center is to collect information regarding the medical services and the welfare systems, and to provide the patients and their families with this information. We also educate the hospital staff to better understand the lives of the patients who leave hospital. We also provide cancer patients with information regarding the medical treatment available in the area, social welfare services, hospices, and palliative care, such that they can choose the method of treatment and an appropriate place to live.
authors.affiliation: Medical Support Center, St. Marianna University School of Medicine Hospital.
authors.forename: Mitsuru
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Tange
authors.forename: Nahomi
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Koda
authors.forename: Yuko
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Saito
authors.forename: Mari
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Shirasuna
authors.forename: Noriko
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Nagata
authors.forename: Kaori
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Hoshina
authors.forename: Masako
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ito
mesh_terms: D019058:Community Networks; D006699:Home Care Services; D006738:Hospices; D010166:Palliative Care; D010348:Patient Care Team; D010351:Patient Discharge