For Advanced Cancer, What Treatment Is Next?. (October 2016)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Collins, Rebecca; Matzo, Marianne
• Is Part Of: American journal of nursing. Volume 116:Number 10(2016)
• Publication Date: 2016-10
• Subjects: Nursing -- Periodicals; Electronic journals; 610.7305
• DOI: 10.1097/01.NAJ.0000503302.07015.7d
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0002-936X

Abstract

Abstract : This article is the second in a series on palliative care developed in collaboration with the Hospice and Palliative Nurses Association (HPNA;http://hpna.advancingexpertcare.org ). The HPNA aims to guide nurses in preventing and relieving suffering and in giving the best possible care to patients and families, regardless of the stage of disease or the need for other therapies. The HPNA offers education, certification, advocacy, leadership, and research. Abstract : This second installment in a series on palliative care developed in collaboration with the Hospice and Palliative Nurses Association discusses how nurses can best serve patients faced with the choice between aggressive treatments and palliative or hospice care.