Overview
- Provides many concrete instances of successful practices and programs which improve survivorship
- Discusses the current crisis on a global and national platform
- Written by experts in the field
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The book will follow the continuum of cancer care model as its outline vide infra. It will provide many concrete instances of successful practices and programs which improve survivorship. Initially it will discuss the current crisis on a global and then national platform. There will be a discussion about disability adjusted life years lost, lost productivity, loss of life and its impact upon the nation and communities. The financial impact of cancer on society and government will be included in this. Population health management as regards cancer will then look at communities served, community health needs assessments and social determinants of health. How prevention and screening programs can be formulated from the above will be illustrated.
Compliance with treatments as promulgated by the Commission on Cancer’s Cancer Program Practice Performance Reports (CP3R) will be reviewed. The relationship between compliance and improved survival will be highlighted. Navigation and distress management to assure patients complete planned treatments will be included in this section.
Quality of survivorship will review the four domains of life- spiritual, social, psychological and physical. How these can be maximized through system improvement and program development willbe illustrated. Financial issues and legal protections will also be included in this section. Survivorship care planning i.e. surveillance for recurrent cancer, prevention of related and new cancers will be an integral part of this section.
Palliative, end of life care and bereavement care will complete the continuum cycle. Identifying hospitalized patients in need of palliative needs will be refreshed. How to establish an in-patient palliative care team and creating a seamless transition from in-patient to out-patient palliative care will be presented.
Intended Audience
Administrative and clinical staff involved in the delivery of cancer care including: hospital executives, physicians, nurses, radiation therapists, psychology counselors, social workers, physical therapists, occupation therapists, nutritionists, government, healthcare insurance representatives, etc.
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Table of contents (15 chapters)
Editors and Affiliations
About the editors
Peter Hopewood, MD, FACS
Managing Partner and General Surgeon
Cape Cod Surgeons P.C.
Chair Cancer Liaison Physician Committee
Commission on Cancer American College of Surgeons
210 Jones Road
Falmouth, MA 02540 USA
Mary J Milroy MD, FACS
Clinical Professor, Department of Surgery
Sanford School of Medicine, University of South Dakota
Immediate Past Chair Cancer Liaison Physician Committee
Commission on Cancer American College of Surgeons
215 E Clark Street
Vermillion, SD 57069 USA
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Quality Cancer Care
Book Subtitle: Survivorship Before, During and After Treatment
Editors: Peter Hopewood, Mary J. Milroy
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-78649-0
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Medicine, Medicine (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer International Publishing AG, part of Springer Nature 2018
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-78648-3Published: 12 June 2018
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-78649-0Published: 29 May 2018
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XIII, 290
Number of Illustrations: 4 b/w illustrations, 33 illustrations in colour
Topics: Surgical Oncology, Oncology, Interventional Radiology, Nursing