Comprehensive care is an approach that cares for the whole patient and all their needs, not just the medical and physical ones. Comprehensive care – using the services of many professionals working together – is the standard approach at all major medical centers that treat young people with cancer. Some key aspects of well-designed comprehensive care are:
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