Paying attention to improving the quality of life for patients with malignant tumors / 中华医院管理杂志

ABSTRACT

Paying attention to improving the quality of life for patients with malignant tumors is an inevitable trend of social progress.The paper gives a brief account of the current state of research on the quality of life for patients with malignant tumors in China,explains the significance of research in this aspect,and points out existing problems and difficulties in and makes prospects for improving the quality of life for patients with malignant tumors.It is suggested that,in view of the fact that the quality of life for patients with malignant tumors is affected by somatic and psychological factors and social functioning,health departments attach importance to conducting health education involving multidisciplines like oncology,psychology and sociomedicine and take comprehensive measures of intervention so as to improve the quality of life for patients with malignant tumors.