title: [Cancer after care--the role of social work in the rehabilitation of cancer patients].
abstract: It is initially outlined that cancer diseases have serious implications for the psychic well-being and the social relationships of those affected, and that disease experience and coping are influenced in an intricate manner by a variety of factors. The independence of social work, and its importance, in the field of cancer aftercare become evident in its focussing activities on the social dimension of the disease, i.e., the individual life situation of the client, and in devising varied forms of social support. The importance of social relationships and social integration for success, or failure, of the process of adjusting to the disease-related changes in the life situation are stressed. Successful adjustment is considered an essential prerequisite for securing, or restoring, a maximum level of quality of life, thus also for enhancing the recovery process.
authors.affiliation: Fachbereich Medizinische Grundlagenfächer, Institut für Soziale Medizin, Freie Universität Berlin.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Ortmann
mesh_terms: D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D000359:Aftercare / Q000379:methods*; D003131:Combined Modality Therapy; D006801:Humans; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000523:psychology / Q000534:rehabilitation*; D012803:Sick Role; D012944:Social Support; D012947:Social Work / Q000379:methods*
vernacular_title: Krebsnachsorge--Zur Rolle der Sozialarbeit in der Rehabilitation Krebskranker.