© Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2016Michael Silbermann (ed.)Cancer Care in Countries and Societies in Transition10.1007/978-3-319-22912-6_16 16. Cancer Care in India Suresh Kumar1 (1) Institute of Palliative Medicine, Calicut, Kerala, India Suresh Kumar Email: drsuresh.kumar@gmail.com…
© Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2016Michael Silbermann (ed.)Cancer Care in Countries and Societies in Transition10.1007/978-3-319-22912-6_14 14. Cancer Care in Countries in Transition in Africa: The Case of Uganda Amos Deogratius Mwaka1 , Henry Wabinga2 and Christopher Orach Garimoi3 (1) Department…
Indicator Between 1960–1970 Between 1990–2000 Current 2015 Under 5 mortality 227 128 89 52 Infant mortality 145 105 74 40 Maternal mortality 600 340 300–340 104 It would be logical…
The issue map above from the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force shows the status of LGBT civil rights coverage in the United States. In each of the white regions,…
Cancer site All African American/Black American Indian/Alaska Native Asian/Pacific Islander Hispanic White Breast 118.7 117.2 61.2 85.8 86.1 119.5 Cervical 7.5 9.8 6.3 6.3 9.6 7.2 Colon-Rectum (Women) 35.4 42.6…
© Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2015Ulrike Boehmer and Ronit Elk (eds.)Cancer and the LGBT Community10.1007/978-3-319-15057-4_19 19. The Challenges Remain: Needed Next Steps in Alleviating the Burden of Cancer in the LGBT Community Ronit Elk1 and Ulrike Boehmer2 …
© Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2015Ulrike Boehmer and Ronit Elk (eds.)Cancer and the LGBT Community10.1007/978-3-319-15057-4_18 18. Current Policy and Research on Cancer in LGBT Communities Internationally I Mary Poynten1 (1) The Kirby Institute, The University of…
© Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2015Ulrike Boehmer and Ronit Elk (eds.)Cancer and the LGBT Community10.1007/978-3-319-15057-4_15 15. Cancer Care Needs of Transgender, Transsexual, and Other Gender Nonconforming Populations Emilia Lombardi1 and Swagata Banik1 (1) Department of Public Health,…
© Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2015Ulrike Boehmer and Ronit Elk (eds.)Cancer and the LGBT Community10.1007/978-3-319-15057-4_14 14. Challenges and Recommended Solutions to End of Life Care for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Patients Diagnosed with Cancer…
© Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2015Ulrike Boehmer and Ronit Elk (eds.)Cancer and the LGBT Community10.1007/978-3-319-15057-4_13 13. Needs of LGBT Cancer Survivors Liz Margolies1 and Charles Kamen1 (1) National LGBT Cancer Network, New York, NY, USA (2) Department…
