Improving palliative care : we can take better care of people with cancer /
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 a...
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
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Washington, D.C. :
National Academies Press,
[2003]
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Colección: | Online access: NCBI NCBI Bookshelf.
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- 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!