Oncology Physician Attitudes Toward Patient and Family Centered Care

Toward patient-centered drug development in oncology.

n engl j med 369;5 nejm.org august 1, 2013 397 this treatment?” Regrettably, this information is generally missing from U.S. drug labels and from published reports of clinical trials — the two information sources most commonly available to people trying to understand the clinical effects of cancer drugs. In 2011, 15 hematology–oncology drugs were approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administratio...

Patient- and Family-Centered Care: Why Radiology?

Before technologic advances in imaging, such as PET/ MRI and molecular imaging–guided oncologic treatment, changed the practice of radiology, before antibiotics and vaccines provided widespread pharmacologic means to treat and prevent disease, before antiseptic technique markedly reduced surgical death rates, our ability to minister to patients and their families was to listen, comfort, and sup...

Patient- and Family-Centered Care: A Primer.

Patient- and family-centered care is a model of providing care in which the patient and family are partners with the provider and care team. A resurgence of interest in patient- and family-centered care is due, in part, to increasing consumerism in health care and the linking of reimbursement to the patient experience. Individual radiologists, practices, enterprises, and radiology professional ...

Patient awareness of and attitudes toward physician board certification.

Oncology patient-centered medical home and accountable cancer care

Correspondence to: John D. Sprandio, MD, Consultants in Medical Oncology and Hematology, PC, 2100 Keystone Avenue, Suite 502, MOB, Drexel Hill, PA 19026; telephone: 610622-3818; fax: 610-622-6407; e-mail: jsprandio @cmoh.org. M edical oncologists are playing an ever-expanding role in the de livery of cancer care. The current and future challenges they face in their efforts to deliver effective,...