Improving Palliative Care for CancerIn 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 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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EXECUTIVE SUMMARY | 3 |
BACKGROUND AND RECOMMENDATIONS | 9 |
SPECIAL ISSUES IN PEDIATRIC | 12 |
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| Title | Improving Palliative Care for Cancer Online access: NCBI NCBI Bookshelf Online access: National Academy of Sciences National Academies Press |
| Authors | Kathleen M. Foley, Hellen Gelband, Institute of Medicine, National Cancer Policy Board, National Research Council |
| Editors | Kathleen M. Foley, Hellen Gelband |
| Edition | illustrated |
| Publisher | National Academies Press, 2001 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | Aug 2, 2008 |
| ISBN | 0309074029, 9780309074025 |
| Length | 325 pages |
| Subjects | › › Medical / Allied Health Services / Medical Technology Medical / General Medical / Health Policy Medical / Nursing / General Medical / Nursing / Oncology & Cancer Medical / Oncology / General Medical / Terminal Care |
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