Lessons of Being a Patient--Personal Thoughts about Psycho-oncology in India

Psycho-oncology is a well-established field in the developed countries and ‘distress’ is recognised as the sixth vital sign in the care of persons diagnosed with cancer. However, centres in India caring for cancer do not make psycho-social aspects an essential part of their care programmes. The pres...

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Autor principal: Murthy, Rangaswamy Srinivasa
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2016
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Musings
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5179615/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28031630
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0973-1229.154532
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spelling pubmed-51796152016-12-28 Lessons of Being a Patient--Personal Thoughts about Psycho-oncology in India Murthy, Rangaswamy Srinivasa Mens Sana Monogr Musings Psycho-oncology is a well-established field in the developed countries and ‘distress’ is recognised as the sixth vital sign in the care of persons diagnosed with cancer. However, centres in India caring for cancer do not make psycho-social aspects an essential part of their care programmes. The present narrative presents the personal journey of the author, reviews the situation of psycho-oncology in India and presents a three-part agenda for action. Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2016 /pmc/articles/PMC5179615/ /pubmed/28031630 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0973-1229.154532 Text en Copyright: © Mens Sana Monographs http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0 This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 License, which allows others to remix, tweak, and build upon the work non-commercially, as long as the author is credited and the new creations are licensed under the identical terms.
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