Exploring the Perception and Decision-Making Process of Palliative Care among Haematology Malignancy Patients and Their Family Caregivers: An Integrative Review

What should you look for when a patient's family history raises questions about inherited cancer risk? And what should you do next? This month's Nursing Excellence in Cancer Care explores this increasingly important part of cancer care.

Cancer nurses working across haematology and cancer care can bring an important perspective to improving awareness and understanding of Bone Marrow Failure Syndromes. Maddie Riewoldt’s Vision is inviting healthcare professionals to complete a short national needs assessment and help shape future education.

Person-centred communication, care planning and working effectively across the multidisciplinary team are central to both palliative care and cancer nursing. Two new PCC4U case studies provide an opportunity to explore how these principles play out across a person’s care journey.

Conversations about palliative care can be some of the hardest to start — particularly when someone is still receiving active cancer treatment. Timely Palliative Care: A Practical Framework is a new free course designed to build confidence in introducing palliative care and discussing referral with patients and families.