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Improving palliative care : we can take better care of people with cancer / Institute of Medicine, National Research Council of the National Academies

Published
Washington, D.C. : National Academies Press, [2003]
Physical Description
1 online resource (1 PDF file (20 pages))
Additional Creators
Institute of Medicine (U.S.) and National Research Council (U.S.)
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English.
Contents
What is palliative care?; We can take better care of people with cancer.; People with cancer have many symptoms.; Why don 't people get the care they need?; Palliative care should not be separated from medical treatment.; Health care providers need better training in palliative care.; Standards for palliative care need to be adopted and widely used.; All people need better access to palliative care.; People need help in finding out about palliative care and end-of-life care.; There needs to be more funding for palliative care research and training.; There is hope.; We can make a difference!
Summary
As a society, we have made amazing gains in being able to detect and treat cancer. Even so, about half the people who are told by their doctors that they have cancer will die within a few years. This means that every year about one million people find out that they have cancer and are treated, and about one-half million people die of cancer nationwide. So far, most cancer research and treatment has focused on trying to cure cancer. There hasn't been much attention paid to other important issues, such as pain control and taking care of other troubling symptoms. Now more and more people are aware that there are cancer care needs beyond just trying to cure it. Attention is now being paid to helping people with cancer cope better with the problems that may arise when people are being treated or as they approach death.
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9780309526340
0309526345
0309089840
9780309089845
1280179538
9781280179532
9786610179534
6610179530
9780309167055 (online)
0309167051
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Based on (work): Improving palliative care for cancer
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Based on Improving palliative care for cancer / Kathleen M. Foley and Hellen Gelband, editors; National Cancer Policy Board, Institute of Medicine and National Research Council. ©2001.
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