Published January 1, 2018 | Version v1
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Developing a "toolkit" to measure implementation of concurrent palliative care in rural community cancer centers

  • 1. White River Junct VA Med Ctr, 215 North Main St,10A4E, White River Jct, VT 05009 USA
  • 2. Univ Alabama Birmingham, Sch Nursing, Birmingham, AL USA
  • 3. Univ Alabama Birmingham, Sch Med, Birmingham, AL USA
  • 4. Hacettepe Univ, Sch Nursing, Ankara, Turkey
  • 5. Univ Alabama Birmingham, Div Hematol & Oncol, Birmingham, AL USA
  • 6. Gibbs Canc Ctr & Res Inst, Spartanburg, SC USA
  • 7. Univ S Alabama, Mitchell Canc Inst, Mobile, AL 36688 USA
  • 8. Birmingham VA Med Ctr, Birmingham, AL USA

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Objective: Despite national guidelines recommending early concurrent palliative care for individuals newly diagnosed with metastatic cancer, few community cancer centers, especially those in underserved rural areas do so. We are implementing an early concurrent palliative care model, ENABLE (Educate, Nurture, Advise, Before Life Ends) in four, rural-serving community cancer centers. Our objective was to develop a "toolkit" to assist community cancer centers that wish to integrate early palliative care for patients with newly diagnosed advanced cancer and their family caregivers.

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