Improving Palliative Care for Cancer doc

... substitute for primary cancer care that is desired by a patient. 4 IMPROVING PALLIATIVE CARE FOR CANCER INTENT OF THIS REPORT The National Cancer Policy Board (NCPB) recognized that excellent palliative ... reimbursement policy; 6 IMPROVING PALLIATIVE CARE FOR CANCER • inadequate training of health care personnel in symptom manage- ment and other palliative...

Ngày tải lên: 30/03/2014, 12:20

... strategy for palliative care services in Wales 17 • the All-Wales Minimum Standards for specialist palliative care 18B • a Cancer Information Framework and the establishment of a Cancer Information ... needs. Improving Supportive and Palliative Care for Adults with Cancer Cancer service guidance supports the implementation of The NHS Cancer Plan for England, 1...

Ngày tải lên: 28/03/2014, 23:20

... response. It sets out evidence for policies for palliative care for older people, arguments for integrating pallia- tive care across health services, and models for effective care solutions that will ... (1,2). Palliative care should be offered as needs develop and before they become unmanage- able. Palliative care must not be something that only specialized palliat...

Ngày tải lên: 05/03/2014, 18:20

... Center’s Palliative Care Program took the form of a Phase III clinical trial that compared advanced cancer patients receiving standard cancer care to those receiving standard cancer care plus ... comprehensive palliative care, ” said Finn. Palliative care means different things to different people. When an oncolo- gist thinks of palliative care, he thinks ‘if I can redu...

Ngày tải lên: 28/03/2014, 23:20

... Health Care Needs Health care facilities need be aware of and address the full spectrum of young people’s reproductive health care needs. Preventive care, such as contraception and services for preventing, ... health information and contraception to young adults, especially unmarried women. Case studies in Africa have shown that adoles- cents who approach clinics for care are of...

Ngày tải lên: 13/02/2014, 16:20

... with cancer or at risk for cancer. Cancer Burden The sum of the tangible and intangible costs of cancer borne by individuals, families, a specifi c population or group, or the nation. Cancer Care ... service delivery to AYAs with or at risk for cancer and ensure excellence in care across the cancer control continuum. First, standards of care for AYA cancer pat...

Ngày tải lên: 14/02/2014, 21:20

... Veter- ans Affairs for their support for the application of the Quality Chasm frame- work as a tool for improving the quality of health care for mental and substance-use conditions, for their leadership ... Care for Individuals with Mental Illness and Sub- stance Use Disorders”; Susan Stefan, JD, from the Center for Public Repre- sentation, for her paper on “Patient-Cent...

Ngày tải lên: 22/03/2014, 16:21

... including forums, Improving Workplace Opportunities For Limited English-Speaking Workers An overview of practice in th e Manu fac t ur i ng Se c tor B A The Manufacturing Institute/Center for Workforce ... inspectors. The pay for unskilled workers ranges from $14-$16 an hour. For skilled workers, the pay ranges form $26-$30 an hour. Attrition has been low. The same workforce has b...

Ngày tải lên: 20/12/2013, 23:15

... guidance (this document). • A quick reference guide for healthcare professionals. • Information for people with metastatic colorectal cancer and their carers (‘Understanding NICE guidance’). • Details ... and cetuximab for the treatment of metastatic colorectal cancer Ordering information You can download the following documents from www.nice.org.uk/TA118 • The full guidance...

Ngày tải lên: 14/02/2014, 22:20

... tests for early-stage cancers, and detecting cancer before it has progressed to a highly invasive stage is essential for a high survival rate. • Quantum dot (QD) probes have potential for use ... [3]. Most importantly for cancer detection, QDs hold massive multiplexing capabilities for the detection of many cancer markers simultaneously, which holds tremendous promise for...

Ngày tải lên: 15/02/2014, 05:20