Where Cancer Care Falls Short, According to Patients
Megan Brooks
May 12, 2016
"A cancer diagnosis often causes patients and families considerable distress in numerous aspects of their lives. There are many resources available to help patients financially, psychosocially, and practically, but patients need to know about them or to be referred by members of their care team," Sonet told Medscape Medical News. "Oncology professionals should screen patients for distress at every visit, become informed about available resources, and learn how to connect patients to the support services they need.
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"Bankruptcy Linked to Early Mortality in Patients With Cancer"
http://tinyurl.com/j8mne2b“This is a multifaceted problem, says Dr. Ramsey. “We may need to consider policies that reduce out-of- pocket costs, preserve insurance, and protect job security for persons with cancer.”
Oncology practitioners likely will have to consider financial implications when formulating treatment plans. This is not currently the common practice.
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"When doctors aren't enough to help patients keep diabetes in check"
http://www.latimes.com/science/sciencenow/la-sci-sn-diabetes-control-low-income-patients-20141229-story.htmlThe results, published Monday in JAMA Internal Medicine, underscore the fact that some aspects of health are controlled by factors outside the medical system. And yet, doctors are increasingly being held accountable when their patients miss their targets for things like blood sugar and cholesterol, the study authors noted.
Compared with patients who didn’t have to worry about where their next meal would come from, patients with food insecurity were 97% more likely to have high blood sugar and high levels of LDL, or “bad,” cholesterol – two signs that their diabetes was not under control.
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I guess this thread is getting away from strictly on-topic FA stuff so will probably stop unless for FA ... but interesting.