Ensuring Quality Cancer Care Through the Oncology Workforce Sustaining Care in the 21st Century: Workshop Summary (2009) / Chapter Skim
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Expected shortages in other health care workers who are involved in cancer care, including nurses, physician assistants, laboratory and radiology technicians, social workers, radiologists, surgeons, pharmacists, public health workers, and cancer registrars, also will affect both the quantity and the quality of cancer care in the 21st century. In addition, achieving improvements in any aspect of cancer care -- including research, clinical trials, health disparities, access to care, patient navigation, survivorship, palliative care, etc. -- will be difficult if not impossible without a sufficiently staffed general health care workforce.
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As stated above, any improvements in the oncology workforce will require a well staffed overall health care workforce. It is impossible to completely separate oncology from other areas of health care.
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