Palliative care is an interdisciplinary approach to specialized medical and nursing care for people with life-limiting illnesses. It focuses on providing relief from the symptoms, pain, physical stress, and mental stress at any stage of illness. The goal is to improve quality of life for both the person and their family. Evidence as of 2016 supports palliative care's efficacy in the improvement of a patient's quality of life.
The National Cancer Centre Singapore is the country's national specialty centre for the diagnosis, research and treatment of cancer. The centre has Singapore's largest concentration of "internationally qualified oncologists". It was originally established in 1993 as a unit of Singapore General Hospital. but is now an autonomous institution belonging to Singapore Health Services.
Guided meditation is a process by which one or more participants meditate in response to the guidance provided by a trained practitioner or teacher, either in person or via a written text, sound recording, video, or audiovisual media comprising music or verbal instruction, or a combination of both.
Robert Tiffany OBE, Fellow of the Royal College of Nursing was a British nurse and Fellow of the Royal College of Nursing. He was a founding member of the International Society of Nurses in Cancer Care (ISNCC) and initiated the Biannual International Cancer Nursing Conference. He was also a founding member of the European Oncology Nursing Society and first President of the Society from 1985 to 1987.
The American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) is a professional organization representing physicians of all oncology sub-specialties who care for people with cancer. Founded in 1964 by Drs. Fred Ansfield, Harry Bisel, Herman Freckman, Arnoldus Goudsmit, Robert Talley, William Wilson, and Jane C. Wright, ASCO has nearly 45,000 members worldwide.
The Journal of the National Cancer Institute (JNCI) is a peer-reviewed medical journal covering research in oncology that was established in August 1940. It is published monthly by Oxford University Press and is edited by Patricia Ganz. It was merged with Cancer Treatment Reports in January 1988. JNCI used to be the official journal of the National Cancer Institute (NCI); however, in 1996, the NCI and JNCI agreed to grow apart. Over the next five years, JNCI became independent of the NCI.
The Oncology Nursing Society (ONS) is a nonprofit membership organization of more than 37,000 registered nurses and other healthcare providers in patient care, education, research, and administration in oncology nursing.
The Journal of Oncology Pharmacy Practice is a peer-reviewed academic journal that publishes papers four times a year in the field of Pharmacology. The journal's editor is Barry R. Goldspiel. It has been in publication since 1995 and is currently published by SAGE Publications in association with the International Society of Oncology and Pharmacy Practitioners.
Jeanne Quint Benoliel was an American nurse who studied the role of nursing in end-of-life settings. She founded the Ph.D. program at the University of Washington School of Nursing. She was designated a Living Legend of the American Academy of Nursing.
The Cancer Journal: The Journal of Principles & Practice of Oncology is a bimonthly peer-reviewed medical journal covering oncology. It was established in 1995 as The Cancer Journal from Scientific American by Scientific American, but is now published by Lippincott Williams & Wilkins under the new name since 2000. The editors-in-chief are Vincent T. DeVita, Theodore S. Lawrence, and Steven Rosenberg. According to the Journal Citation Reports, the journal has a 2015 impact factor of 3.662, ranking it 58th out of 196 journals in the category "Oncology".
Margaret Ruth McCorkle FAAN, FAPOS is an international leader and award-winning pioneer in oncology nursing. She is currently the Florence Schorske Wald Professor of Nursing at the Yale School of Nursing.
The European Journal of Oncology Nursing is a peer-reviewed medical journal covering cancer research of direct relevance to patient care, nurse education, management, and policy development. It is published by Elsevier. The journal was established in 1997, with Alison Richardson as its founding editor-in-chief. It is the official journal of the European Oncology Nursing Society and its current editor-in-chief is Alex Molassiotis.
Terri S. Armstrong is an American scientist. She is a senior investigator in the Center for Cancer Research Neuro-Oncology Branch of the National Cancer Institute. Armstrong held the Dunn Distinguished Professorship in Oncology Nursing at UTHealth Jane and Robert Cizik School of Nursing.
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