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Improving Palliative Care for Cancer

By National Research Council , Institute of Medicine , National Cancer Policy Board , Kathleen M. Foley , Hellen Gelband

Book information

Year
2001
ISBN
0309074029, 9780309074025, 9780309513296
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
1 MB (1292151 bytes)
Edition
1
Pages
325\344
Topic
Medicine Oncology
Time added
2011-06-04 13:46:07

Description

In our society's aggressive pursuit of cures for cancer, we have neglected symptom control and comfort care. Less than one percent of the National Cancer Institute's budget is spent on any aspect of palliative care research or education, despite the half million people who die of cancer each year and the larger number living with cancer and its symptoms. "Improving Palliative Care for Cancer" examines the barriers - scientific, policy, and social - that keep those in need away from getting good palliative care. It goes on to recommend public- and private-sector actions that would lead to the development of more effective palliative interventions; better information about currently used interventions; and greater knowledge about, and access to, palliative care for all those with cancer who would benefit from it.

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