7 National Consensus Project for Quality Palliative Care (NCF) – National Quality Forum (NQF) Domains:
- Structure/Process
- Physical
- Psychologic/Psychiatric
- Social
- Spiritual/Existential/Religious
- Cultural
- Care of Imminently Dying
- Ethical/Legal
NCF: Palliative care means patient- and family-centered care that optimizes QOL by anticipating, preventing, and treating suffering. Palliative care throughout the continuum of illness involves addressing physical, emotional, emotional, social, and spiritual needs – and to facilitate patient autonomy, access to information, and choice.
