Supporting self-management in palliative care throughout the cancer care trajectory

Dena Schulman-Green; Abraham Brody; Stephanie Gilbertson-White; Robin Whittemore; Ruth McCorkle

doi:10.1097/SPC.0000000000000373

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Supporting self-management in palliative care throughout the cancer care trajectory

Dena Schulman-Green, Abraham Brody, Stephanie Gilbertson-White, Robin Whittemore and Ruth McCorkle

Current opinion in supportive & palliative care, Vol.12(3), pp.299-307

09/2018

DOI: 10.1097/SPC.0000000000000373

PMCID: PMC8099020

PMID: 30036215

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Abstract

Despite increased survivorship and the subsequent need for chronic management of cancer, the association of self-management and palliative care is still emerging within cancer care. Routine and timely use of self-management strategies in the palliative setting can help reduce self-management burden and maximize quality of life. In this review, we consider the complementary relationship of self-management and palliative care and how they support living with cancer as a chronic illness. Recent studies provide evidence of support among patients, family caregivers and healthcare professionals for integration of self-management interventions into palliative cancer care. As a guiding framework, components of the revised Self and Family Management Framework correspond to the provision of palliative care across the care trajectory, including the phases of curative care, palliative care, end-of-life care and bereavement. Additional work among self-management partners facing cancer and other life-limiting illnesses, that is patients, family caregivers and healthcare professionals, would be useful in developing interventions that incorporate self-management and palliative care to improve health outcomes. There is an increasing acceptance of the complementarity of self-management and palliative care in cancer care. Their integration can support patients with cancer and their family caregivers across the care trajectory.

Caregivers

Bereavement

Terminal Care - organization & administration

Humans

Social Support

Professional-Family Relations

Terminal Care - psychology

Neoplasms - psychology

Self-Management

Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice

Palliative Care - organization & administration

Palliative Care - psychology

Neoplasms - therapy

Time Factors

Quality of Life

Family

Patient Education as Topic

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Title: Subtitle: Supporting self-management in palliative care throughout the cancer care trajectory
Creators: Dena Schulman-Green - Yale School of Nursing, West Haven, Connecticut
Abraham Brody - Hartford Institute for Geriatric Nursing, New York University Rory Meyers College of Nursing, New York, New York
Stephanie Gilbertson-White - University of Iowa College of Nursing, Iowa City, Iowa, USA
Robin Whittemore - Yale School of Nursing, West Haven, Connecticut
Ruth McCorkle - Yale School of Nursing, West Haven, Connecticut
Resource Type: Journal article
Publication Details: Current opinion in supportive & palliative care, Vol.12(3), pp.299-307
DOI: 10.1097/SPC.0000000000000373
PMID: 30036215
PMCID: PMC8099020
NLM abbreviation: Curr Opin Support Palliat Care
ISSN: 1751-4258
eISSN: 1751-4266
Publisher: United States
Grant note: P30 CA086862 / NCI NIH HHS
Language: English
Date published: 09/2018
Academic Unit: Nursing; Internal Medicine
Record Identifier: 9984064290502771

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