title: Tools for the advancement of quality care.
abstract: Position statements promoting quality cancer care are invaluable tools for oncology nurses. This article reviews the various position papers that promote quality cancer care, rehabilitation of people with cancer, the patients' rights to quality cancer care, participation in clinical trials, and those issues involving quality cancer care in the Medicare program.
authors.affiliation: AOCN: Oncology Advanced Practice Nurse, Edwardsville, KS 66111, USA.
authors.forename: Jamie S
authors.initials: JS
authors.lastname: Myers
mesh_terms: D002986:Clinical Trials as Topic / Q000941:ethics / Q000451:nursing; D006801:Humans; D006278:Medicare / Q000941:ethics / Q000458:organization & administration; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000451:nursing / Q000534:rehabilitation; D015399:Nursing Research / Q000941:ethics / Q000458:organization & administration; D009859:Oncology Nursing / Q000941:ethics / Q000592:standards*; D016134:Organizational Policy; D028701:Patient Rights / Q000941:ethics; D017410:Practice Guidelines as Topic; D011785:Quality Assurance, Health Care; D019145:Rehabilitation Nursing / Q000941:ethics / Q000592:standards; D012956:Societies, Nursing; D014481:United States