By Natasha Albaneze, MPH
Lung cancer patients often feel stigmatized, regardless of their smoking history, and this stigma is associated with harmful emotional effects, compounding the burden of their disease and potentially affecting their prognosis and quality of life. Pharmacists can help combat this.
Acknowledging a growing body of literature indicating that lung cancer patients face a higher burden of emotional distress than patients with many other cancers and that societal perception of