Glioblastoma: Background, Standard Treatment Paradigms, and Supportive Care Considerations
Glioblastoma is a brain tumor condition marked by rapid neurological and clinical demise, resulting in disproportionate disability for those affected. Caring for this group of patients is complex, intense, multidisciplinary in nature, and fraught with the need for expensive treatments, surveillance...
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Published in | The Journal of law, medicine & ethics Vol. 42; no. 2; pp. 171 - 182 |
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Main Authors | , , |
Format | Journal Article |
Language | English |
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Los Angeles, CA
Blackwell Publishing Ltd
22.06.2014
SAGE Publications Sage Publications, Inc Cambridge University Press |
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Summary: | Glioblastoma is a brain tumor condition marked by rapid neurological and clinical demise, resulting in disproportionate disability for those affected. Caring for this group of patients is complex, intense, multidisciplinary in nature, and fraught with the need for expensive treatments, surveillance imaging, physician follow‐up, and rehabilitative, psychological, and social support interventions. Few of these patients return to the workforce for any meaningful time frame, and because of the enormity of the financial burden that patients, their caregivers, and society face, utilization reviews become the focus of ethical scrutiny. |
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Bibliography: | istex:3E5240F1043BC56FBC747121A2F841252A0A06FE ArticleID:JLME12133 ark:/67375/WNG-K56DTSDL-X ObjectType-Article-1 SourceType-Scholarly Journals-1 ObjectType-Feature-2 content type line 23 |
ISSN: | 1073-1105 1748-720X |
DOI: | 10.1111/jlme.12133 |