title: Cancer rehabilitation: an overview.
abstract: Cancer rehabilitation is a practical attempt to maximize independence and dignity and to reduce the extent to which cancer interferes with an individual's physical, psychosocial, and economic functioning. The rehabilitation process should begin at the time of diagnosis or definitive medical intervention and should continue until the individual is able to maintain the desirable level of independence.
authors.affiliation: Department of Nursing, College of Allied Health Sciences, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PA 19107-5233.
authors.forename: P G
authors.initials: PG
authors.lastname: Watson
mesh_terms: D006293:Health Promotion; D006301:Health Services Needs and Demand; D006801:Humans; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000534:rehabilitation*; D010348:Patient Care Team; D012047:Rehabilitation Centers / Q000458:organization & administration*; D012956:Societies, Nursing; D014481:United States