Fourth Annual Chicago Supportive Oncology Conference

Strategies for improving end-of-life care

Sally Welsh, MSN, RN, CNAA-BC

Curtis and Elizabeth Anderson Cancer Institute at Memorial Health University Medical Center, Savannah, GA

By helping patients distinguish between palliative and hospice care and by using a screening tool to identify those who may benefit from a palliative care consultation, community oncologists can dismantle some of the barriers to providing appropriate end-of-life care.

Commun Oncol 2006;3:462–465   print e-mail full text 178 kb