Titlebook: Cost Versus Benefit in Cancer Care; Basil A. Stoll (Honorary Consulting Physician) Textbook 1988Latest edition The Editor and the Contribu

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because of the prevailing social ethic that holds that all individuals, irrespective of their ability to pay, must have access to essential care. Therefore, approximately 70 percent of all health care expenditure in the USA is provided by government and insurance, which contribute roughly 40 percent and 30 percent respectively.

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anagement in the advanced cancer patient. These differences reflect marked contrasts in the . of treatment and they obviously affect the cost of treatment, whether it is borne by the patient or the state.

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Dying with Dignity: A British Viewed branches of medicine, tempered with humanism. This necessarily implies a multidisciplinary approach. This chapter aims to survey the ways in which the differing contributions have been brought together in the UK and Europe, and to draw some conclusions about future trends in the care of dying cancer patients.

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Saying No is Difficult in Canceranagement in the advanced cancer patient. These differences reflect marked contrasts in the . of treatment and they obviously affect the cost of treatment, whether it is borne by the patient or the state.

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Gabriele Eckstein,Franz Urban Pappiprevention (i.e. reducing tobacco use and changing dietary habits), achieving recommended cancer screening measures, and wider application of the gains that have been made from new cancer treatment methods [6,7].

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Max Kaase,Hans-Dieter Klingemanne and what societies can afford. Yet another gap exists between the realities of health policy and the medical profession’s expectations, particularly in respect of attaining the technological frontier. Health care, not surprisingly, is under siege.

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https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-322-86406-2elatives, professional colleagues and not least, from desperate patients themselves. They also come from the professional need to appear busy even when little can be achieved, and from the scientific need to develop new diagnostic or treatment methods. Yet, many physicians believe that treatment sho