Building a framework for nursing research in cancer care

This paper describes a framework for nursing research in cancer care, developed by a group of British nurses who met under the auspices of the Cancer Research Campaign, a British charity, in May 1992. In developing the framework the great potential for nursing research to contribute to cancer care was recognized, but was felt to be under‐exploited because of the constraints that exist for nurses wishing to undertake research. The framework identifies the characteristic features of nursing research; highlights key areas for focus for such research; suggests mechanisms for building programmes of research; and strategies for creating milieux conductive to the development of cancer nursing research and nurse researchers.