[Promoting social integration as the responsibility of rehabilitation in pediatric oncology].
Survival rates of most paediatric cancers are steadily improving as a result of improvements in diagnostics and treatment protocols. Long-term survival renders physical late effects and psychosocial adjustment problems ever more visible. The focus of this article is on school re-entry and social reintegration as core tasks of comprehensive rehabilitation efforts. So far only few systematic programmes exist in Germany to facilitate school re-entry and social integration of paediatric cancer survivors. The article outlines the prerequisites for such interventions and provides examples of re-entry programmes.
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National Rehabilitation Hospital, Center for Health and Disability Research, Washington, D.C., USA. txk6@mhg.edu
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D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D000293:Adolescent; D002648:Child; D003131:Combined Modality Therapy; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007938:Leukemia / Q000523:psychology / Q000534:rehabilitation*; D008297:Male; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000523:psychology / Q000534:rehabilitation*; D010348:Patient Care Team; D010379:Peer Group; D012803:Sick Role; D012917:Social Adjustment; D012960:Socioenvironmental Therapy