title: Improving supportive and palliative care for adults with cancer.
abstract: Although many patients with cancer report positively on their experience of care, others claim they are not receiving the information and support they need at different stages of their care pathway. The national cancer patient survey (Department of Health, 2002), for example, showed wide variations in the quality of care delivered across the country.
authors.affiliation: Florence Nightingale School of Nursing and Midwifery, King's College, London.
authors.forename: Alison
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Richardson
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002173:Cancer Care Facilities; D006301:Health Services Needs and Demand; D006801:Humans; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000451:nursing*; D009859:Oncology Nursing / Q000592:standards*; D010166:Palliative Care / Q000592:standards*; D017410:Practice Guidelines as Topic; D011788:Quality of Life; D012944:Social Support; D006113:United Kingdom