Cancer Care for the Whole Patient : Meeting Psychosocial Health Needs / Committee on Psychosocial Services to Cancer Patients/Families in a Community Setting, Board on Health Care Services ; Nancy E. Adler and Ann E.K. Page, editors
1. Psychosocial Needs of Cancer Patients -- 2. Consequences of Unmet Psychosocial Needs -- 3. Psychosocial Health Services -- 4. Model for Delivering Psychosocial Health Services -- 5. Implementing the Standard of Care -- 6. Public- And Private-Sector Policy Support -- 7. Preparing the Workforce -- 8. Research Agenda -- App. A. Committee Member Biographies -- App. B. Study Methods -- App. C. Recommendations from Prior Selected Reports
Summary
"Today, it is not possible to deliver high-quality cancer care without addressing patients' psychosocial health needs. All patients with cancer and their families should expect and recieve cancer care that ensures the provision of appropriate psychosocial health services through existing approaches, tools, and resources. This book recommends actions that oncology providers, health policy makers, educators, health insurers, health planners, researchers and research sponsors, and consumer advocates should undertake to ensure that this standard is met."--Jacket
Notes
"Institute of Medicine of the National Academies."
