Improving Palliative Care for Cancer (eBook)

Institute of Medicine, National Cancer Policy Board, National Research Council (Autoren)

Hellen Gelband, Kathleen M. Foley (Herausgeber)

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2001
343 Seiten
National Academies Press (Verlag)
978-0-309-51329-6 (ISBN)

Infos

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 barriersscientific, policy, and socialthat keep those in need 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.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 19.9.2001
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Medizin / Pharmazie ► Medizinische Fachgebiete ► Onkologie
• Themenwelt: Technik ► Medizintechnik
• ISBN-10: 0-309-51329-4 / 0309513294
• ISBN-13: 978-0-309-51329-6 / 9780309513296