Dying in America: implications for oncology of the recent IOM report

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Those of us who work in clinical oncology are used to thinking about how to improve care for our dying patients. We may be less familiar with efforts to extend the benefits of palliative care to patients and families facing other kinds of advancing catastrophic illnesses, such as lung, cardiac, and neurologic diseases. In September last year, the Institute of Medicine of the National Academies released a report titled Dying in America: improving quality and honoring individual preferences near the end of life.¹ This ambitious work encompasses the needs of all patients with potentially lethal illnesses, not just cancer.

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The Journal of Community and Supportive Oncology - 13(1)

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The Journal of Community and Supportive Oncology

MDedge Hematology and Oncology

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Patient & Survivor Care

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1-2

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palliative care, person-centered, end of life, hospice, Institute of Medicine, IOM

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Thomas Strouse

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Thomas Strouse

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JCSO_Jan_2015_1_Strouse.pdf

Those of us who work in clinical oncology are used to thinking about how to improve care for our dying patients. We may be less familiar with efforts to extend the benefits of palliative care to patients and families facing other kinds of advancing catastrophic illnesses, such as lung, cardiac, and neurologic diseases. In September last year, the Institute of Medicine of the National Academies released a report titled Dying in America: improving quality and honoring individual preferences near the end of life.¹ This ambitious work encompasses the needs of all patients with potentially lethal illnesses, not just cancer.

Click on the PDF icon at the top of this introduction to read the full article.

Those of us who work in clinical oncology are used to thinking about how to improve care for our dying patients. We may be less familiar with efforts to extend the benefits of palliative care to patients and families facing other kinds of advancing catastrophic illnesses, such as lung, cardiac, and neurologic diseases. In September last year, the Institute of Medicine of the National Academies released a report titled Dying in America: improving quality and honoring individual preferences near the end of life.¹ This ambitious work encompasses the needs of all patients with potentially lethal illnesses, not just cancer.

Click on the PDF icon at the top of this introduction to read the full article.

Issue

The Journal of Community and Supportive Oncology - 13(1)

Issue

The Journal of Community and Supportive Oncology - 13(1)

Page Number

1-2

Page Number

1-2

Publications

The Journal of Community and Supportive Oncology

MDedge Hematology and Oncology