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Neuropathological Diseases

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ISSN Print: 2160-2468

ISSN Online: 2160-2476

Preface: Psycho-Oncology: Integrating Science into Clinical Care

Volume 1, Issue 1, 2012, pp. 1-5
DOI: 10.1615/NeuropatholDiseases.v1.i1.10
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ABSTRACT

Psycho-oncology, as the specialty aiming at studying the psychological, social, and spiritual factors that affect the quality of life of cancer patients and their loved ones, has grown exponentially over the past 30 years, with a specific role in the multidisciplinary approach to cancer and in patient-centered cancer treatment planning. Guidelines and recommendations on psychosocial care in cancer have been developed and implemented in a number of countries throughout the world. The International Psycho-Oncology Society (IPOS) and the Federation of the Psycho-Oncology societies Statement on Standards and Clinical Practice Guidelines in Cancer, represents an important result with regard to psychosocial care of cancer patients. The right that any person has to receive optimal care, with all components of the healthcare system explicitly incorporating attention to psychosocial needs into their policies, practices, and standards is at the center of the declaration of psycho-oncology in cancer care as a human right that the IPOS is launching in collaboration with international advocacy movements throughout the world. In summary, psycho-oncology has reached a level of evidence and experience making it a specialist discipline within the vast field of the psychosocial/psychiatric specialties aiming at improving the quality of life of ill people.

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