Future directions in cancer rehabilitation.
Many of the current and future directions in cancer rehabilitation have been briefly discussed; and some of the important areas for development are outlined in Table 1. Implementation of rehabilitation measures may be facilitated by organized and creative multidisciplinary rehabilitation programs. Advances are also dependent on health care policy, particularly in reimbursement for rehabilitation services and in the funding of rehabilitation research. Much progress can be expected in the years ahead.
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Department of Internal Medicine, Medical College of Virginia, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond 23298.
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D001859:Bone Neoplasms / Q000534:rehabilitation; D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000534:rehabilitation; D005544:Forecasting; D005770:Gastrointestinal Neoplasms / Q000534:rehabilitation; D006258:Head and Neck Neoplasms / Q000534:rehabilitation; D006801:Humans; D009362:Neoplasm Metastasis; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000534:rehabilitation*; D012046:Rehabilitation / Q000639:trends; D012050:Rehabilitation, Vocational; D012983:Soft Tissue Neoplasms / Q000534:rehabilitation; D014565:Urogenital Neoplasms / Q000534:rehabilitation