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Cost Versus Benefit in Cancer Care

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  • © 1988
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Editors:
  1. Basil A. Stoll

    1. Oncology Departments, St Thomas’s Hospital and Royal Free Hospital, London, UK

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Table of contents (12 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-x
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  2. Introduction

    1. Introduction

      • Gavin Mooney
      Pages 1-4

  3. Current Dilemmas

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 5-5
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    2. What is Overtreatment in Cancer?

      • Basil A. Stoll
      Pages 7-18

    3. What is Best for the Patient? A United States View

      • Aman U. Buzdar
      Pages 19-30

    4. What is Best for the Patient? A European View

      • Gareth J. G. Rees
      Pages 31-38

    5. The Patient’s Expectations in the United States

      • Allan S. Brett
      Pages 39-48

    6. The Physician’s Attitude in Britain

      • David Radstone
      Pages 49-55

    7. Focus on Clinical Trials

      • Elizabeth A. Eisenhauer, William J. Mackillop
      Pages 57-64

  4. Future Prospects

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 65-65
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    2. Dying with Dignity: A United States View

      • Bernard Lo, Fenella Rouse
      Pages 67-72

    3. Dying with Dignity: A British View

      • Sam Ahmedzai, Eric Wilkes
      Pages 73-80

    4. Rationing Cancer Care: A United States View

      • Eli Ginzberg
      Pages 81-88

    5. Rationing Cancer Care: A European View

      • Gavin Mooney, John Henderson
      Pages 89-96

    6. Saying No is Difficult in Cancer

      • Basil A. Stoll
      Pages 97-111

  5. Back Matter

    Pages 113-118
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About this book

An attempt to expose the dilemma between cost and benefit in the treatment of advanced cancer. It is written primarily for those physicians who ultimately have to make the choices in allocating resources, and discusses the reasons for differences in treatment between Europe and the USA.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Oncology Departments, St Thomas’s Hospital and Royal Free Hospital, London, UK

    Basil A. Stoll

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Cost Versus Benefit in Cancer Care

  • Editors: Basil A. Stoll

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-09296-3

  • Publisher: Red Globe Press London

  • eBook Packages: Medicine, Medicine (R0)

  • Copyright Information: The Editor and the Contributors 1988

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: X, 118

  • Additional Information: Previously published under the imprint Palgrave

  • Topics: Oncology

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