THE MEDICAL SERVICE AVAILABLE FOR CANCER PATIENTS IN THE UNITED STATES: SUGGESTIONS FOR ITS IMPROVEMENT

Autor: EWING, JAMES, GREENOUGH, ROBERT B., GERSTER, JOHN C. A.
Zdroj: JAMA: Journal of the American Medical Association; July 1929, Vol. 93 Issue: 3 p165-169, 5p
Abstrakt: In 1927 we were appointed a committee by the American Society for the Control of Cancer to report on the best methods of improving the service to the cancer patient. The present report is based on an individual study of the problem by us and on information secured from many sources. Discussions have been held with other members of the society and with many physicians, surgeons, and public health officers. The reports of the cancer conference at Lake Mohonk in 1926, and of the London congress of 1928, have been consulted. We and other members of the society have visited several European countries and have observed the trend of thought and progress in those countries and discussed the question of cancer service with authorities in each of these countries. In Europe we found uniform agreement that improvement in cancer service must precede any substantial progress in cancer control.The character
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