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Chapter 6 reviews educational services appropriate for childhood cancer survivors.
Chapter 7 discusses two potential social consequences of cancer survivorship—insurance and employment discrimination.
Chapter 8 surveys ongoing clinical and health services research aimed at improving care and outlines research strategies to prevent and ameliorate the consequences of late effects of childhood cancer.
Chapter 9 summarizes key findings and presents the Board’s recommendations for action by Congress, health care purchasers, health plans, health care providers, individual consumers, and health services researcher.
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