American Cancer Society (ACS)

CAPC collaborates with ACS and ACS CAN through participation in the Patient Quality of Life Coalition, which educates federal policymakers on palliative care and the needs of patients and families facing serious illness. These organizations have also worked collaboratively to advance state-level efforts that support palliative care, including legislation to establish palliative care advisory councils.

CAPC partners with ACS to disseminate palliative care education resources for patients and families, including the getpalliativecare.org website. CAPC and ACS are also engaged in national efforts to advance access to high-quality palliative care for all patients with cancer. We do this work through education to oncology teams about evidence-based best practices in integration of specialty palliative care, and through clinical education in core palliative care skills for oncology teams.