Delivering high-quality cancer care charting a new course for a system in crisis

"In the United States, approximately 14 million people have had cancer and more than 1.6 million new cases are diagnosed each year. However, more than a decade after the Institute of Medicine (IOM) first studied the quality of cancer care, the barriers to achieving excellent care for all cancer...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores Corporativos: Institute of Medicine (U.S.). Committee on Improving the Quality of Cancer Care, issuing body (issuing body), Institute of Medicine (U.S.). Board on Health Care Services, issuing body
Otros Autores: Levit, Laura A., editor (editor)
Formato: Libro electrónico
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Washington, District of Columbia : The National Academies Press [2013]
Edición:1st ed
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Ver en Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull:https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009622003006719
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • ""Front Matter ""; ""Reviewers""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""Preface""; ""Contents""; ""Boxes, Figures, and Tables""; ""Acronyms""; ""Summary""; ""1 Introduction""; ""2 The Current Cancer Care Landscape: An Imperative for Change""; ""3 Patient-Centered Communication and Shared Decision Making""; ""4 The Workforce Caring for Patients with Cancer""; ""5 The Evidence Base for High-Quality Cancer Care""; ""6 A Learning Health Care Information Technology System for Cancer""; ""7 Translating Evidence into Practice, Measuring Quality, and Improving Performance""
  • ""8 Accessible and Affordable Cancer Care""""Appendix A: Glossary""; ""Appendix B: Committee Member and Staff Biographies""