Screen LibraryA new deal for cancer : lessons from a 50 year war /
"The longest war in the modern era, longer than the Cold War, has been the war on cancer. Cancer is a complex, evasive enemy, and there was no quick victory in the fight against it. But the battle has been a monumental test of medical and scientific research and fundraising acumen, as well as a...
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Public Affairs,
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| Publisher Address: | New York, NY : |
| Publication Dates: | 2021. |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
| Edition: | First edition. |
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| Summary: |
"The longest war in the modern era, longer than the Cold War, has been the war on cancer. Cancer is a complex, evasive enemy, and there was no quick victory in the fight against it. But the battle has been a monumental test of medical and scientific research and fundraising acumen, as well as a moral and ethical challenge to the entire system of medicine. In A New Deal for Cancer, some of today's leading thinkers, activists, and medical visionaries describe the many successes in the long war and the ways in which our deeper failings as a society have held us back from a more complete success. Together they present an unrivaled and nearly complete map of the battlefield across dimensions of science, government, equity, business, the patient provider experience, and more, documenting our emerging understanding of cancer's many unique dimensions and offering bold new plans to enable the American health care system to deliver progress and hope to all patients." --Page [2] of cover. |
| Item Description: | "With a chapter by Siddartha Mukherjee"--Cover. |
| Carrier Form: | ix, 405 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (end of each chapter) and index (pages 383-404). |
| ISBN: |
9781541700611 1541700619 |
| Index Number: | RC275 |
| CLC: | R73-3 |
| Call Number: | R73-3/N532-1 |
| Contents: |
Introduction: A new deal for cancer / Cancer care today : where we are and who pays: The new borders of cancerland / A view from the ground : the changing landscape of cancer care / The health insurance landscape and cancer care / Reductions in cancer drug prices must account for the cross-subsidies they provide for essential underimbursed services / Save physician-owned practices to save money in health care / Cancer and the community: Racial disparities and cancer injustice / Cancer and health justice / Cancer and public health / Lift every voice and sing : working for equity for children with cancer / Perspectives on cancer advocacy / Science and treatment transformed: The frontier of cancer care / Oncologist perspectives on the evolution of clinical care since the National Cancer Act of 1971 / Responsible open-source data sharing for precision oncology / (Over-)paying for cancer care / Governing cancer: FDA and cancer R&D : the engine for future cures / US federal agencies : advancing cancer research and care though improved coordination and efficiency / The fifty states of cancer / Cancer and congress / Cancer and the president : the moonsho |