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ReviewJournal of the advanced practitioner in oncology

Improving Palliative Cancer Care.

Catherine Del Ferraro, Betty Ferrell, Carin Van Zyl, Bonnie Freeman, Linda Klein

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Review in Journal of the advanced practitioner in oncology. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

1 citing paper in PubMed.

  1. Symptom Management: War Problems, Moonshot Solutions?Journal of the National Cancer Institute · 2017
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors.

Catherine Del FerraroCity of Hope, Duarte, California.
Betty FerrellCity of Hope, Duarte, California.
Carin Van ZylCity of Hope, Duarte, California.
Bonnie FreemanCity of Hope, Duarte, California.
Linda KleinCity of Hope, Duarte, California.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Over a decade ago, the Institute of Medicine (IOM) presented Ensuring Quality Cancer Care in the United States, with recommendations for change (IOM, 1999). However, barriers to integrating palliative care (PC) to achieve high-quality care in cancer still remain. As novel therapeutic agents evolve, patients are living longer, and advanced cancer is now considered a chronic illness. In addition to complex symptom concerns, patients and family caregivers are burdened with psychological, social, and spiritual distress. Furthermore, data show that PC continues to be underutilized and inaccessible, and current innovative models of integrating PC into standard cancer care lack uniformity. The aim of this article is to address the existing barriers in implementing PC into our cancer care delivery system and discuss how the oncology advanced practice nurse plays an essential role in providing high-quality cancer care. We also review the IOM recommendations; highlight the work done by the National Consensus Project in promoting quality PC; and discuss a National Cancer Institute-funded program project currently conducted at a National Comprehensive Cancer Center, "Palliative Care for Quality of Life and Symptoms Concerns in Lung Cancer," which serves as a model to promote high-quality care for patients and their families.

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PMID26114013
PMCPMC4457171

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