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Thursday, January 19, 2012

Luzia Travado: improving outcomes for patients by attending to their distress - Cover Story - Issues 45 - Articles - Cancer World



(Psycho-oncology)

“Psychosocial burdens can be more threatening in many cases than the disease itself,” says Travado. “Even when a cancer is treatable someone may feel in despair and not cope. What we need to impress on policy makers and the medical community is that we are part of the frontline team and not a separate department dealing with a different part of a patient.”

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