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Carmen Salaverria Castillo

Primary Position
Psychooncologist, Fundación Ayúdame a Vivir
Job Responsibilities
Research
Patient Care
Education/Training
Psychology
Short Synopsis of Professional Interests
Clinical: I am interested in the cancer patient family’s adaptation to the disease and treatment, search for meaning in the disease process, coping strategies they implement, palliative care and end of life issues. Palliative care is my greatest interest
Training Opportunities at Location
Yes
Address
Vipsal 258, PO Box 02-5364, Miami, Fl 33102
eMAIL
csalaverria@ayudameavivir.com.sv
Phone(s)
(503) 2124-9174
Keywords
Palliative care
End of life issues
Bereavement
Non adherence
abandonment of therapy
Publications of Interest

Hospital detention practices: Statement of a global taskforce. Saskia Mostert, Catherine G. Lam, Festus Njuguna, Andrea F. Patenaude, Ketan Kulkarni, Carmen Salaverria. THE LANCET 386(9994):649 · AUGUST 2015 

Salaverria C, Rossell N, Hernandez A, Fuenas Alabi S, Vasquez R, Bonilla M, Lam C, RibeiroR.  Interventions targeting absences increase adherence and reduce abandonment of childhood cancer treatment in El Salvador: Improving all Treatment Adherence in El Salvador. Pediatric Blood & Cancer, Apr 2015, DOI 10.1002/pbc.25557

Weaver M, Arora R, Howard S, Salaverria C, Liu Y, Ribeiro R, Lam C. A Practical Approach to Reporting Treatment Abandonment in Pediatric Chronic Conditions. Pediatric Blood &  Cancer , January 2015, DOI 10.1002/pbc.25403