Cancer is a chronic illness that requires comprehensive treatment and care that go beyond the medical world’s standard‐of‐care. A diagnosis of cancer carries a great deal of emotion and fear of uncertainty. Social support in the face of a diagnosis regarded as a life crisis can impact the course of the disease, positively or negatively. Cancer patients need for support is often extended beyond the initial diagnosis and well into the treatment phase and frequently beyond remission. Social workers are the primary providers of psychosocial services in cancer treatment centers around the world. With their expertise in cancer and its psychosocial impact on patients and their family/community, social workers have training in dealing with psychosocial issues such as anxiety, family relationships, changes in lifestyle during and following treatment. Providing social support to the family members of patient with cancer is a part of integral care delivery of social workers. Social workers are also there to help patients with re-integration in to the workforce and to cope with fears about recurrence and death which are stressors experienced by many cancer patients. The following sections describe the role of the social worker in more detail along the treatment trajectory: 1) Diagnosis 2) Treatment 3) Palliative Care.
کلید واژگان :Social Work, Cancer, Social Support, Patient, Treatment
ارزش ریالی : 300000 ریال
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