Hospice News December 18, 2024
Jim Parker

Cancer patients generally need palliative care, but widespread misperceptions often stand in their way, both among the public and many clinicians themselves.

This is according to Nadine Barrett, president of the Association of Cancer Care Centers (ACCC). The organization has been holding a series of webinars designed to better educate the oncology community about palliative care. The association is also in the process of studying racial and ethnic gaps in advance care planning, among other projects funded by its research arm, the ACCC Community Oncology Research Institute.

Palliative Care News sat down with Barrett to discuss the barriers that cancer patients often experience when it comes to accessing palliative care.

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