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Guiding Cancer Control - A Path to Transformation (Paperback)
National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine, Health and Medicine Division, Board on Health Care Services, Committee on a National Strategy for Cancer Control in the United States; Edited by Sharyl J. Nass, …
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Throughout history, perhaps no other disease has generated the
level of social, scientific, and political discourse or has had the
degree of cultural significance as cancer. A collective in the
truest sense of the word, "cancer" is a clustering of different
diseases that afflict individuals in different ways. Its burdens
are equally broad and diverse, from the physical, financial, and
psychological tolls it imposes on individuals to the costs it
inflicts upon the nation's clinical care and public health systems,
and despite decades of concerted efforts often referred to as the
"war on cancer", those costs have only continued to grow over time.
The causes and effects of cancer are complex?in part preventable
and treatable, but also in part unknown, and perhaps even
unknowable. Guiding Cancer Control defines the key principles,
attributes, methods, and tools needed to achieve the goal of
implementing an effective national cancer control plan. This report
describes the current structure of cancer control from a local to
global scale, identifies necessary goals for the system, and
formulates the path towards integrated disease control systems and
a cancer-free future. This framework is a crucial step in
establishing an effective, efficient, and accountable system for
controlling cancer and other diseases. Table of Contents Front
Matter Summary 1 Complexity: From Cells to Society 2 The Current
"System" of Cancer Control 3 Guiding the System of Cancer Control 4
A Path to Transformation Appendix A: Stakeholder Input Appendix B:
Biographical Information Appendix C: Disclosure of Unavoidable
Conflict of Interest
Medical residents in hospitals are often required to be on duty for
long hours. In 2003 the organization overseeing graduate medical
education adopted common program requirements to restrict resident
workweeks, including limits to an average of 80 hours over 4 weeks
and the longest consecutive period of work to 30 hours in order to
protect patients and residents from unsafe conditions resulting
from excessive fatigue. Resident Duty Hours provides a timely
examination of how those requirements were implemented and their
impact on safety, education, and the training institutions. An
in-depth review of the evidence on sleep and human performance
indicated a need to increase opportunities for sleep during
residency training to prevent acute and chronic sleep deprivation
and minimize the risk of fatigue-related errors. In addition to
recommending opportunities for on-duty sleep during long duty
periods and breaks for sleep of appropriate lengths between work
periods, the committee also recommends enhancements of supervision,
appropriate workload, and changes in the work environment to
improve conditions for safety and learning. All residents, medical
educators, those involved with academic training institutions,
specialty societies, professional groups, and consumer/patient
safety organizations will find this book useful to advocate for an
improved culture of safety. Table of Contents Front Matter Abstract
Summary 1 Background and Overview 2 Current Duty Hours and
Monitoring Adherence 3 Adapting the Resident Educational and Work
Environment to Duty Hour Limits 4 Improving the Resident Learning
Environment 5 Impact of Duty Hours on Resident Well-Being 6
Contributors to Error in the Training Environment 7 Strategies to
Reduce Fatigue Risk in Resident Work Schedules 8 System Strategies
to Improve Patient Safety and Error Prevention 9 Resources to
Implement Improvements for Patient Safety and Resident Training
Appendix A Statement of Task Appendix B Comparison of Select
Scheduling Possibilities Under Committee Recommendations and Under
2003 ACGME Duty Hour Rules Appendix C International Experiences
Limiting Resident Duty Hours Appendix D Glossary, Acronyms, and
Abbreviations Appendix E Committee Member Biographies Appendix F
Public Meeting Agendas Index
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