TY - BOOK AU - Institute of Medicine AU - National Research Council A2 - Kathleen M. Foley A2 - Hellen Gelband TI - Improving Palliative Care for Cancer SN - 978-0-309-07402-5 DO - 10.17226/10149 PY - 2001 UR - https://nap.nationalacademies.org/catalog/10149/improving-palliative-care-for-cancer PB - The National Academies Press CY - Washington, DC LA - English KW - Health and Medicine AB - In our society’s aggressive pursuit of cures for cancer, we have neglected symptom control and comfort care. Less than one percent of the National Cancer Institute’s budget is spent on any aspect of palliative care research or education, despite the half million people who die of cancer each year and the larger number living with cancer and its symptoms. Improving Palliative Care for Cancer examines the barriers—scientific, policy, and social—that keep those in need from getting good palliative care. It goes on to recommend public- and private-sector actions that would lead to the development of more effective palliative interventions; better information about currently used interventions; and greater knowledge about, and access to, palliative care for all those with cancer who would benefit from it. ER -