Assessing and improving value in cancer care: workshop summary
Auteur :
Institute of Medicine / Board on Health Care Services / National Cancer Policy Forum
Éditeur :
National Academies Press
ISBN :
9780309138147
Date de publication :
30 oct. 2009
Dimensions :
22,9 x 15,2 cm
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
USA
Fourth, providers often face tremendous pressure to apply the newest technologies to patients who fail to respond to established treatments, even when the evidence supporting those technologies is incomplete or uncertain, and providers may be reluctant to stop toxic treatments and move to palliation, even at the end of life.