TY - JOUR
T1 - The cost of hope
T2 - A candid roundtable discussion
AU - Bennett, Amanda
AU - Bukowski, Ronald M.
AU - Flaherty, Keith
AU - Muir, J. Cameron
AU - Turner, Craig D.
AU - Donaldson, Sam
PY - 2013/5/1
Y1 - 2013/5/1
N2 - For Amanda Bennett and her husband Terence Foley, a 7-year battle with kidney cancer resulted in a price tag of more than $600,000, most of it spent in the final 2 years of his life. Ms. Bennett's memoir, The Cost of Hope, chronicles the couple's emotional struggle and the financial irrationality she uncovered when navigating the cancer continuum. She shared her experience in her keynote address at the NCCN 18th Annual Conference, which was followed by a roundtable discussion in which panelists discussed the difficulties inherent in dealing with cancer "uncertainties," the balancing act that seeks to maintain hope in the context of a poor prognosis, and the problem of a health care system that spends too much on some aspects of care while ignoring others.
AB - For Amanda Bennett and her husband Terence Foley, a 7-year battle with kidney cancer resulted in a price tag of more than $600,000, most of it spent in the final 2 years of his life. Ms. Bennett's memoir, The Cost of Hope, chronicles the couple's emotional struggle and the financial irrationality she uncovered when navigating the cancer continuum. She shared her experience in her keynote address at the NCCN 18th Annual Conference, which was followed by a roundtable discussion in which panelists discussed the difficulties inherent in dealing with cancer "uncertainties," the balancing act that seeks to maintain hope in the context of a poor prognosis, and the problem of a health care system that spends too much on some aspects of care while ignoring others.
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84887417246&partnerID=8YFLogxK
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/citedby.url?scp=84887417246&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.6004/jnccn.2013.0189
DO - 10.6004/jnccn.2013.0189
M3 - Article
C2 - 23704231
AN - SCOPUS:84887417246
SN - 1540-1405
VL - 11
SP - 633
EP - 635
JO - JNCCN Journal of the National Comprehensive Cancer Network
JF - JNCCN Journal of the National Comprehensive Cancer Network
IS - 5 SUPPL.
ER -