Improving Palliative Care for Cancer - Softcover

National Research Council; Institute Of Medicine; National Cancer Policy Board

9780309074025: Improving Palliative Care for Cancer

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0309074029 ISBN 13: 9780309074025

Publisher: National Academies Press, 2001

In our societyaEURO (TM)s aggressive pursuit of cures for cancer, we have neglected symptom control and comfort care. Less than one percent of the National Cancer InstituteaEURO (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 barriersaEURO"scientific, policy, and socialaEURO"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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Synopsis:

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.

About the Author:

Kathleen M. Foley and Hellen Gelband, Editors, National Cancer Policy Board, National Research Council

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