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Institute of Medicine Report: Recognizing Psychosocial Health Needs to Treat the Whole Patient

Patricia Ganz, MD

"We know patients' social and psychological needs are not being met," said Patricia Ganz, MD, Chair of the American Society of Clinical Oncology's (ASCO) Quality of Care Committee. The National Institutes of Health (NIH) charged the Institute of Medicine (IOM) with establishing a committee to study the delivery of psychosocial services needed by patients with cancer and their families in community settings. The resulting report from the IOM highlights the importance of health care providers offering adequate support for patients' psychosocial health needs. The report Cancer Care for the Whole Patient: Meeting Psychosocial Health Needs sets a . . . [Click for More]