TY  - CHAP
M1  - Book, Section
TI  - Integration of Palliative Care Support into Oncology Practice
A1  - Ziegler, Lucy
A1  - Bennett, Michael I.
A2  - Velikova, Galina
A2  - Fallowfield, Lesley
A2  - Younger, Jane
A2  - Board, Ruth E.
A2  - Selby, Peter
PY  - 2018
T2  - Problem Solving in Patient–Centred and Integrated Cancer Care
AB  - Scientific  advances  have  led  to  ever-increasing  cancer  treatment  options  and  longer  lives  for  patients  with  incurable  malignancies.  Many  of  these  patients  have  complex  symptoms  due  to  the  cumulative  effects  of  long-term  cancer  treatment,  disease  progression  and  pre-existing  morbidities.  There  is  a  need  for  efficacious  supportive  care  interventions  aimed  at  relieving  the  debilitating  physical  and  psychological  symptoms  which  have  a  negative  impact  on  quality  of  life  (QOL).1  The  advances  in  cancer  treatment  have  outpaced  progress  in  terms  of  supportive  care  provision  for  cancer  patients,  and  only  in  the  last  decade  has  palliative  care  become  recognized  as  an  essential  component  of  oncology  care  and  integrated  models  of  care  have  been  proposed  and  evaluated.  The  World  Health  Organization  defines  palliative  care  as  an  approach  that  improves  the  QOL  of  patients  and  their  families  facing  the  problems  associated  with  life-threatening  illness,  through  the  prevention  and  relief  of  suffering  by  means  of  early  identification  and  impeccable  assessment  and  treatment  of  pain  and  other  problems,  physical,  psychosocial  and  spiritual.2  There  is  a  growing  body  of  evidence  to  demonstrate  the  value  of  integrating  palliative  care  into  routine  oncology  care.1,3-8  This  chapter  presents  an  overview  of  the  research  evidence,  the  patient  and  service  level  barriers  to  implementation,  and  recommendations  for  practice.  
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PB  - EBN Health
CY  - New York, NY
Y2  - 2021/03/09
UR  - hemonc.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1152359686
ER  -