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Cancer Quality of Care
Reports on cancer quality of care findings from Yale University provide new insights
May 17th, 2008
Researchers detail in 'Proxy perspectives regarding end-of-life care for persons with cancer,' new data in cancer. According to a study from the United States, "Each year, greater than a half million people die of cancer in the U.S. Despite progress in increasing access to palliative oncology services, end-of-life care still needs improvement." "Measuring the quality of the end-of-life experience is difficult because of patient debility and reduced consciousness as death approaches. Family proxies have been proposed as valuable informants regarding the quality of end-of-life care. This article describes family proxy perspectives concerning care at the end of life in...
Source: Law & Health Weekly (2008-05-17)
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