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Ensuring Quality Cancer Care Through the Oncology Workforce: Sustaining Care in the 21st Century: Workshop Summary

By Margie Patlak , Laura Levit

Book information

Publisher
National Academies Press
Year
2009
ISBN
0309136717, 9780309136716
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
922 kB (944340 bytes)
Edition
1
Pages
95\95
Time added
2011-08-31 04:54:40

Description

The American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) predicts that by 2020, there will be an 81 percent increase in people living with or surviving cancer, but only a 14 percent increase in the number of practicing oncologists. As a result, there may be too few oncologists to meet the population's need for cancer care. To help address the challenges in overcoming this potential crisis of cancer care, the National Cancer Policy Forum of the Institute of Medicine (IOM) convened the workshop Ensuring Quality Cancer Care through the Oncology Workforce: Sustaining Care in the 21st Century in Washington, DC on October 20 and 21, 2008.

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