Travis S, Hunt P
Palliative Care, Royal Marsden Hospital, Sutton, Surrey, UK.
Int J Palliat Nurs. 2001 Oct;7(10):501-4. doi: 10.12968/ijpn.2001.7.10.9909.
Cancer is one of the biggest killers in the UK, and recent Government health policy has responded to this with a number of specific developments. Foremost among these is 'The NHS Cancer Plan' (Department of Health, 2000), which established cancer networks as a new model of integrated cancer care service provision. In response, palliative care providers have initiated the development of networks for supportive services of patients alongside the cancer networks to improve coordination of care. This article will briefly discuss the parallel development of cancer and supportive care networks and examine what form the latter will eventually take.
癌症是英国最大的杀手之一，英国政府近期的卫生政策针对这一情况采取了一系列具体举措。其中最为重要的是《国民保健制度癌症计划》（卫生部，2000年），该计划将癌症网络确立为一种新型的综合癌症护理服务提供模式。作为回应，姑息治疗提供者已着手在癌症网络之外，为患者的支持性服务建立网络，以改善护理协调。本文将简要讨论癌症网络和支持性护理网络的并行发展情况，并探讨后者最终将采取何种形式。
