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Community Hospice Care for Cancer Patients in China

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This chapter describes community hospice care in China. Community hospice care has developed as an aging population with lower function increased in China, and the government has strengthened policy guarantee and implementation strategies in this field. Three models have been practiced: Family sickbed, Hospice or Hospice unit and Community care. Professional hospice care training and multidisciplinary team building still need to be promoted.

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  1. Department of Psycho-Oncology, Peking University Cancer Hospital & Institute, Beijing, China

    Lili Tang

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  1. Middle East Cancer Consortium, Haifa, Israel

    Michael Silbermann

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Tang, L. (2021). Community Hospice Care for Cancer Patients in China. In: Silbermann, M. (eds) Palliative Care for Chronic Cancer Patients in the Community. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-54526-0_48

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