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Survivor Perspectives on Quality Care

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Understanding what constitutes “quality” is complex. This seems a particular issue in conditions like cancer because they are themselves complex, being variable in nature, presentation, and outcome. Some would argue that we have in fact failed to ask some of the key questions that would really help us develop our understanding of what comprises quality, instead making “health professional” assumptions and therefore ending up somewhat errant in the conclusions we have tended to reach.

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  1. Department of Medical and Clinical Psychology and Preventive Medicine and Biometrics, Uniformed Services University of the Health Science, 4301 Jones Bridge Road, Bethesda, MD, 20814, USA

    Michael Feuerstein Ph.D, MPH, ABPP

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McPherson, K., MacLeod, R. (2007). Survivor Perspectives on Quality Care. In: Feuerstein, M. (eds) Handbook of Cancer Survivorship. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-34562-8_23

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