Ensuring Quality Cancer Care

by Commission on Life Sciences, National Cancer Policy Board, Institute of Medicine and National Research Council, et al.

We all want to believe that when people get cancer, they will receive medical care of the highest quality. Even as new scientific breakthroughs are announced, though, many cancer patients may be getting the wrong care, too little care, or too much care, in the form of unnecessary procedures.

How close is American medicine to the ideal of quality cancer care for every person with cancer? Ensuring Quality Cancer Care provides a comprehensive...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0309064805
• ISBN13: 9780309064804
• Release Date: August 1999
• Publisher: National Academies Press
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 1.59 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 8.5" x 11.0"