Meeting survivors' unmet needs: an integrated framework for survivor and palliative care.
OBJECTIVE
To propose an integrated framework for survivorship care and palliative care, explore application of this framework in cancer patients, and identify research opportunities to expand the evidence base for practice.


METHODS
Peer-reviewed literature, online documents from the National Quality Forum and National Consensus Project for Quality Palliative Care, and reports from the Centers for Disease Control and the Institute of Medicine.


CONCLUSIONS
The interface between palliative care domains and survivorship care results in prioritizing needs and coordination of care along the cancer trajectory.


CONCLUSIONS
Principles of the proposed model may be incorporated into survivorship care plans and assist with multidisciplinary care of these complex patients.
Griffith
Kathleen A
KA
University of Maryland School of Nursing, 655 W Lombard Street, 404F, Baltimore, MD 21201, USA. griffith@son.umaryland.edu
McGuire
Deborah B
DB
Russo
Marguerite
M
D019317:Evidence-Based Medicine; D005260:Female; D006301:Health Services Needs and Demand; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000451:nursing*; D024802:Nurse's Role; D009859:Oncology Nursing; D010166:Palliative Care; D011368:Professional-Family Relations; D017741:Survivors / Q000523:psychology*; D014481:United States