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Improving psychosocial care for improved health outcomes
Maria Alma Rodriguez1, Frank Tortorella, Cynthia St John
1University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center in Houston, Texas, USA. marodriguez@mdanderson.org
Abstract:
The core of healthcare quality is continuous improvement of processes and results. For cancer patients, psychosocial care can affect overall outcomes. In this article, we outline the efforts that a national comprehensive cancer center is using to bring psychosocial care to the same level of awareness, importance, and integration as clinical care. Improving all aspects of patient care, psychosocial as well as biological, must be pursued if progress in overall quality of cancer care is to be achieved.
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