Improving Palliative Care for Cancer

by Hellen Gelband, Kathleen M. Foley, National Research Council

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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0309074029
• ISBN13: 9780309074025
• Release Date: October 2001
• Publisher: National Academies Press
• Length: 343 Pages
• Weight: 1.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.1" x 9.0"