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IMPROVING PALLIATIVE CARE FOR CANCER
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| By: |
National Research Council, Institute of Medicine, National Cancer Policy Board |
| Format: |
Paperback |
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| ISBN 10: |
0309074029 |
| ISBN 13: |
9780309074025 |
| Publisher: |
NATIONAL ACADEMIES PRESS |
| Pub. date: |
19 September, 2001 |
| Pages: |
344 |
| Description: |
In our society's aggressive pursuit of cures for cancer, we have neglected symptom control and comfort care. This work examines the barriers - scientific, policy, and social - that keep those in need away from getting good palliative care. It also recommends actions that would lead to the development of effective palliative interventions. |
| Synopsis: |
In our societya (TM)s aggressive pursuit of cures for cancer, we have neglected symptom control and comfort care. Less than one percent of the National Cancer Institutea (TM)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 barriersa "scientific, policy, and sociala "that 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. |
| Publication: |
US |
| Imprint: |
National Academies Press |
| Returns: |
Returnable |