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Igniting Action to Integrate Palliative Care in Our US Health System: The Role of Disease-Specific Advocacy Groups—A Cancer Advocacy Case Study

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Abstract

Palliative care is one of the nation’s fastest growing healthcare trends, with a robust and growing evidence base, associated quality practice standards and measures, and increasing health professional and consumer understanding and interest. Public policy is the next frontier for action to integrate palliative care in mainstream medicine. Partnering with multiple stakeholders, the cancer community has taken concerted action to propel palliative care’s prominence as a fundamental aspect of delivering high quality care. This chapter highlights key activities of a new “Quality of Life” public policy agenda and national legislative campaign featuring palliative care.

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  1. American Cancer Society, Inc., 555 11th Street NW, Suite 300, Washington, DC, 20004, USA

    Rebecca Kirch

  2. MillerStephens & Associates, Austin, TX, USA

    Andy Miller M.H.S.E., M.C.H.E.S.

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  1. Brookdale Department of Geriatrics and Palliative Medicine, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, New York, USA

    Amy S. Kelley

  2. Brookdale Department of Geriatrics and Palliative Medicine, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, New York, USA

    Diane E. Meier

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Kirch, R., Miller, A. (2014). Igniting Action to Integrate Palliative Care in Our US Health System: The Role of Disease-Specific Advocacy Groups—A Cancer Advocacy Case Study. In: Kelley, A., Meier, D. (eds) Meeting the Needs of Older Adults with Serious Illness. Aging Medicine. Humana Press, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4939-0407-5_13

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