Patients with cancer underuse hospice care, often because of disparities
02/15/24 at 02:45 AM
Patients with cancer underuse hospice care, often because of disparities
Oncology Nursing Society Voice, by Elisa Becze BA, ELS, Editor; 2/13/24
Most patients who die from cancer do not use hospice at the time of their death, ONS member and oncology nurse researcher Dena D. Shore, PhD, RN, OCN®, CNE, reported in an article published in ... the Clinical Journal of Oncology Nursing (CJON). ... Shore conducted an extensive literature search for studies of hospice use in U.S. patients with cancer published from 2017–2023. ... According to her literature review, cancer-related, ethnic and racial, and geographic disparities are frequently involved in delayed or nonuse of hospice care.