title: Integrating social work into palliative care for lung cancer patients and families: a multidimensional approach.
abstract: Lung cancer patients and their family caregivers face a wide range of potentially distressing symptoms across the four domains of quality of life. A multidimensional approach to addressing these complex concerns with early integration of palliative care has proven beneficial. This article highlights opportunities to integrate social work using a comprehensive quality of life model and a composite patient scenario from a large lung cancer educational intervention National Cancer Institute-funded program project grant.
authors.affiliation: a Division of Nursing Research & Education, City of Hope National Medical Center , Duarte , CA , USA.
authors.forename: Shirley
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Otis-Green
authors.forename: Rupinder K
authors.initials: RK
authors.lastname: Sidhu
authors.forename: Catherine
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Del Ferraro
authors.forename: Betty
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Ferrell
mesh_terms: D017028:Caregivers / Q000523:psychology; D006801:Humans; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000523:psychology / Q000628:therapy*; D008960:Models, Psychological; D010166:Palliative Care / Q000458:organization & administration*; D011788:Quality of Life / Q000523:psychology; D012947:Social Work / Q000458:organization & administration*; D013315:Stress, Psychological
keywords: family caregiver support; lung cancer; oncology social work; palliative care; quality-of-life model; suffering