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Ensuring quality cancer care / Maria Hewitt and Joseph V. Simone, editors ; National Cancer Policy Board, Institute of Medicine and Commission on Life Sciences, National Research Council.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: Washington, D.C. : National Academy Press, 1999.Description: 1 online resource (ix, 246 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 058515578X
  • 9780585155784
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Ensuring quality cancer care.DDC classification:
  • 362.1/96994/00973 21
LOC classification:
  • RA645.C3 E57 1999eb
NLM classification:
  • INTERNET
Online resources:
Contents:
1. Introduction -- 2. The Cancer Care "System" -- 3. Ensuring Access to Cancer Care -- 4. Defining and Assessing Quality Cancer Care -- 5. Health Care Delivery and Quality of Cancer Care -- 6. Cancer Care Quality Assurance -- 7. Health Services Research in Cancer Care -- 8. Findings and Recommendations.
Review: "How close is American medicine to the ideal of quality cancer care for every person with cancer? Ensuring Quality Cancer Care provides a comprehensive picture of how cancer care is delivered in our nation, from early detection to end-of-life issues. The National Cancer Policy Board defines quality care and recommends how to monitor, measure, and extend quality care to all people with cancer. Approaches to accountability in health care are reviewed." "This volume will be of special interest to health policy makers, public and private healthcare purchasers, medical professionals, patient advocates, researchers, and people with cancer."--Jacket.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

"How close is American medicine to the ideal of quality cancer care for every person with cancer? Ensuring Quality Cancer Care provides a comprehensive picture of how cancer care is delivered in our nation, from early detection to end-of-life issues. The National Cancer Policy Board defines quality care and recommends how to monitor, measure, and extend quality care to all people with cancer. Approaches to accountability in health care are reviewed." "This volume will be of special interest to health policy makers, public and private healthcare purchasers, medical professionals, patient advocates, researchers, and people with cancer."--Jacket.

Print version record.

1. Introduction -- 2. The Cancer Care "System" -- 3. Ensuring Access to Cancer Care -- 4. Defining and Assessing Quality Cancer Care -- 5. Health Care Delivery and Quality of Cancer Care -- 6. Cancer Care Quality Assurance -- 7. Health Services Research in Cancer Care -- 8. Findings and Recommendations.

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