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<article xsi:noNamespaceSchemaLocation="http://jats.nlm.nih.gov/publishing/1.1/xsd/JATS-journalpublishing1-mathml3.xsd" dtd-version="1.1" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"><front><journal-meta><journal-id journal-id-type="publisher-id">HPR</journal-id><journal-title-group><journal-title>Health Psychology Research</journal-title></journal-title-group><issn>TBA</issn><eissn>2420-8124</eissn><publisher><publisher-name>Health Psychology Research</publisher-name></publisher></journal-meta><article-meta><article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.4081/hpr.2020.8651</article-id><article-categories><subj-group subj-group-type="heading"><subject>General</subject></subj-group></article-categories><title>Clinical supervision in oncology: A narrative review</title><url>https://healthpr.org/journal/HPR/8/1/10.4081/hpr.2020.8651</url><author>HessionNatalie,HabenichtAndrea</author><pub-date pub-type="publication-year"><year>2020</year></pub-date><volume>8</volume><issue>1</issue><history><date date-type="pub"><published-time>2020-05-27</published-time></date></history><abstract>The aim of this narrative literature review is to (a) review all &amp;nbsp;empirical studies of clinical supervision (CS) in oncology and to &amp;nbsp;(b) highlight some CS practice issues distinctive to cancer care. &amp;nbsp;This review identified empirical studies related to qualified &amp;nbsp;professionals and published in English since 1995 that connected &amp;nbsp;to CS and oncology. A total of 15 studies were identified with the &amp;nbsp;majority as small scale, exploratory and qualitative. Psychologists &amp;nbsp;were predominantly utilised as facilitators of the CS with varied &amp;nbsp;sample sizes ranging from 5-230 participants. The studies were &amp;nbsp;grouped into three main categories; the impact of supervision on &amp;nbsp;staff, impact of supervision on professional care/development and &amp;nbsp;impact of supervision in existential exploration. This review &amp;nbsp;highlighted the positive impact of CS while demonstrating the need &amp;nbsp;for more methodologically sound programmes of research into CS &amp;nbsp;in cancer settings so detailed models of effective supervision can &amp;nbsp;develop and thereby inform practice.</abstract><keywords>Cancer, Supervision, Oncology, Reflect, Psychologist</keywords></article-meta></front><body/><back><ref-list><ref id="B1" content-type="article"><label>1</label><element-citation publication-type="journal"><p>1. Absolom, K., Holch, P., Pini, S., Hill, K., Liu, A., Sharpe, M., ... &amp;amp; NCRI COMPASS Supportive and Palliative Care Research Collaborative. (2011). The detection and management of emotional distress in cancer patients: The views of healthcare professionals. Psycho-Oncology, 20(6), 601-608. doi.org/10.1002/pon.19162. Brown, R. F., &amp;amp; Bylund, C. L. (2008). Communication skills training: describing a new conceptual model. 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