1. Posttraumatic Stress and the Experience of Cancer: a Literature Review.
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McGrath, Pam
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ONCOLOGY , *CANCER patients , *POST-traumatic stress disorder , *ATTITUDE (Psychology) , *PSYCHOLOGY - Abstract
In recent years there has emerged a new direction in research into posttraumatic stress that incorporates the acute stress associated with the diagnosis and treatment of cancer. This area of research has important implications for the future direction of rehabilitative care for cancer patients as it highlights the severe adjustment difficulties experienced by many of those undergoing cancer treatments and in the families who nurture them. There is an urgent need for intervention strategies designed to identify the vulnerable in these groups and provide them with appropriate rehabilitative counselling and support. This article is written to demarcate and consolidate this innovative direction in psycho-oncology and make the relevant literature readily available for health and allied health professionals involved in the rehabilitation of post-diagnosis cancer patients. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 1999