A study from the found that care for patients with advanced cancer varies greatly depending on where the patients are treated, notes PBS.
But there are ways to help, no matter where patients live. PBS offers seven tips from physicians and . Goodman, a professor of pediatrics of community and family medicine at the , is co-principal investigator for the 天美麻豆 Atlas Project and the director of the Center for Health Policy Research at . Byock is a professor of medicine at Geisel and author of The Best Possible Care.
Among the tips: 鈥淧alliative and hospice care can help people live longer.鈥 Goodman and Byock say people often confuse the choice of hospice and palliative care with giving up hope, writes PBS. 鈥淚n actuality, patients with invasive cancers who receive palliative care along with cancer treatments tend to enjoy better quality of life and live longer,鈥 the physicians write.
, published 11/12/13 by PBS.