title: Cancer rehabilitation: psychosocial rehabilitation needs after discharge from hospital?
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  This study explores former cancer patients' psychosocial rehabilitation needs after hospital discharge.
  
  
  METHODS
  Three focus-group interviews with 15 patients.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Five main areas were identified: (1) Need for continuous support and information about rehabilitation opportunities; (2) Support to the family; (3) Psychological help also addressing fear of relapse of cancer; (4) Needs for social support; (5) Needs pertaining to how friends and acquaintances relate to the patients.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Each of these aspects should be carefully considered for each patient, preferably by one assigned healthcare provider. Fear of cancer relapse prevails among the patients, the family and the social network and it is important in relation to psychosocial rehabilitation.
authors.affiliation: The Research Unit for General Practice, University of Aarhus, Denmark. thm@alm.au.dk
authors.forename: Thorbjørn H
authors.initials: TH
authors.lastname: Mikkelsen
authors.forename: Jens
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Søndergaard
authors.forename: Anders Bonde
authors.initials: AB
authors.lastname: Jensen
authors.forename: Frede
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Olesen
mesh_terms: D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D003266:Continuity of Patient Care; D005190:Family / Q000523:psychology; D005194:Family Practice; D017144:Focus Groups; D006301:Health Services Needs and Demand; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D009364:Neoplasm Recurrence, Local / Q000523:psychology; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000523:psychology / Q000534:rehabilitation*; D010351:Patient Discharge; D012944:Social Support; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D017741:Survivors / Q000523:psychology
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