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Cancer Care in Countries in Transition: The Islamic Republic of Iran

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Patients with cancer are prone to experiencing many problems in all aspects of their life. In order to prevent the adverse effects of disease and to improve the patients’ quality of life as the main purpose of cancer treatment and care, a comprehensive system of both cancer care and palliative and supportive care needs to be established. According to a recent study by the World Health Organization, many countries do not have a cancer control plan that includes the prevention, early detection, treatment, and care of cancer; this study then reveals the urgent help required in these countries to reduce cancer-related mortality and provide long-term treatments and proper care to prevent pain and suffering in humans.

This chapter aims to introduce and present the status of both cancer care and palliative and supportive care in the Islamic Republic of Iran, that is, a country that has recently started devising plans for providing this type of care as well. This chapter attempts to explain the current status of cancer in Iran, the present challenges of cancer care, the cultural factors associated with cancer care, the educational and academic challenges, the share and participation of the state and other organizations in cancer care and in providing palliative and supportive care.

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  1. Nursing Department, Nursing and Midwifery School, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Vali-e Asr Street, Niyayesh Cross, Tehran, Iran

    Maryam Rassouli Ph.D., R.N.

  2. Department of Medical-Surgical Nursing, Faculty of Nursing and Midwifery, Gonabad University of Medical Sciences, Beside Asian Road, Gonabad, Iran

    Moosa Sajjadi Ph.D., R.N.

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Rassouli, M., Sajjadi, M. (2016). Cancer Care in Countries in Transition: The Islamic Republic of Iran. In: Silbermann, M. (eds) Cancer Care in Countries and Societies in Transition. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-22912-6_20

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