Como Mejorar El Cuidado Paliativo: Podemos Mejorar El Cuidado de Personas Con Cancer [Spanish]

By National Cancer Policy Board, National Research Council, Institute of Medicine

This booklet summarizes the findings and recommendations of Improving Palliative Care for Cancer (2001), for the lay Spanish-speaking reader. It describes the types of palliative care and comfort care that should be there for people dying from cancer, and the reasons why, too often, people suffer needlessly without it. The concrete steps that could be taken by society and individuals to improve access to palliative care are also laid out, in the recommendations.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: Spanish
• ISBN: 0309089859
• ISBN13: 9780309089852
• Release Date: September 2003
• Publisher: National Academies Press
• Length: 20 Pages