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The goal of the Integrative Navigation Services at the Smith Center for Healing and the Arts (“Smith Center”) is to empower cancer patients to take a more active role in their healing and well-being through education, information, assistance with resources, and emotional and spiritual support. Individuals seeking Integrative Navigation Service (“participants”) are supported in a variety of ways. For example, Smith Center’s integrative cancer navigators (“navigators”):
Smith Center navigators are not medical or mental health professionals and do not provide medical or mental health advice. No information a navigator provides in the course of cancer navigation, including those regarding any complementary therapy, service, professional, or healthcare provider, shall be deemed an offer of medical advice or an endorsement. Smith Center navigators do not make referrals to healthcare providers; rather, navigators simply provide information about resources that the participants may benefit from, in order to assist the participants in making their own decisions.
Neither Smith Center nor any Smith Center navigator makes any representation that complementary therapies are intended to diagnose, treat, cure, or prevent any disease. Participants have the responsibility to inform their health care providers of their use of complementary therapies.
Smith Center navigators may ask participants for certain information, including contact information, cancer diagnosis, and other medical background information, in order to offer more helpful navigation services. All such information will be considered confidential and shared with other Smith Center navigators only to the extent necessary. You may choose to provide all or part of the requested information. By providing such information, you give Smith Center permission to maintain such information for two years after the completion of your participation. Smith Center will not provide your personal information to any third parties, including healthcare providers or other professionals without your full knowledge and approval.
If you have read and understand the above and wish to receive Integrative Navigation Services as a participant, please sign the Waiver and Release of Liability below.
As a nonprofit organization we offer Integrative Navigation services free of charge. We receive funding for this service from a variety of community funders that often request demographic data on the people we are serving. This information will be kept strictly confidential and will remain anonymous. All questions below are optional and we appreciate your support if you choose to provide this information.
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