Integrated outpatient palliative care in oncology
More than 500,000 Americans, including 40,000 Veterans, are diagnosed with advanced cancer annually in the United States. Palliative care improves quality of life by managing patients' physical symptoms and psychosocial and spiritual distress, often provided concurrently with oncology care. Pal...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Washington, DC
Department of Veterans Affairs
September 2017, 2017
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| Series: | Evidence-based synthesis program
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| Collection: | National Center for Biotechnology Information - Collection details see MPG.ReNa |
| Summary: | More than 500,000 Americans, including 40,000 Veterans, are diagnosed with advanced cancer annually in the United States. Palliative care improves quality of life by managing patients' physical symptoms and psychosocial and spiritual distress, often provided concurrently with oncology care. Palliative care occurs across a continuum, beginning at the time of diagnosis of a serious illness and continuing until end of life. Integration of palliative care services with oncology care is now considered standard of care for patients with advanced cancer |
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| Item Description: | At head of title: QUERI. |
| Physical Description: | 1 PDF file (vi, 89 pages) illustrations |