Support and Education
Patient Navigation Services
Patient navigators are available at Magee-Womens Hospital of UPMC to provide individualized assistance to patients, family, and caregivers throughout their health care experience. Their mission is to help guide the patient through diagnosis and treatment – answering questions and providing information about available services and amenities – to ensure a comfortable experience for the patients. Navigators are based on site, and can be reached by calling 412-641-4940.
Holistic Care Center
No one should have to face cancer alone. In recognizing the significance of spiritual, cultural, and emotional aspects of cancer, we strive to provide our patients the care and support they need. We are dedicated to the improvement of quality of life by offering assessment and classes at The Holistic Care Center. The goal of the Center is to expose and develop strengths for a fulfilling new approach to life.
Weekly program of assessment, education, and classes in holistic care including such techniques as:
- Guided Imagery
- Gentle Hatha Yoga
- Meditation
- Autogenic Training
- Progressive Muscle Relaxation
- Genograms
Come see, learn, and experience these techniques on Tuesdays, 11 a.m. to 1 p.m., Room 2819.
Call 412-641-4940 for more information.
Counseling Services
Magee offers an extensive behavioral health management service for women and their family members. The program and team of professionals represents a collaborative initiative between Magee-Womens Hospital of UPMC and UPMC Cancer Centers Behavioral Medicine. Services include individual and family counseling, psychiatric consultation, assessment, and treatment. To schedule an appointment, call 412-623-5888.
Picking Up the Pieces
Your physician, health care team, family, and friends are all important in your recovery from ovarian cancer. But as hard as they may try, unless they have experienced ovarian cancer themselves, they cannot completely understand your feelings, your fears, and your needs.
Many women with ovarian cancer find it helpful to talk to another woman who has had the disease - someone who is doing well, enjoying life again, and remembers the uncertainties and the questions. Picking Up the Pieces is a peer counseling program between long-term ovarian cancer survivors and newly-diagnosed ovarian cancer survivors. To find out more, call the National Ovarian Cancer Coalition - Pittsburgh Division at 412-661-1095.
Look Good...Feel Better
Look Good...Feel Better is a monthly beauty program designed to help women cope with the cosmetic side effects of cancer therapy. A trained cosmetologist from the American Cancer Society and a registered nurse conduct the program for cancer patients undergoing chemotherapy or radiation therapy. This two-hour program helps women to deal with the appearance-related side effects of therapy, offering assistance on make-up application, wig selection, and other types of alternative headwear. Visit the Look Good...Feel Better website or call the American Cancer Society at 1-800-395-LOOK for a listing of program dates and locations.