title: [Physician and medical psychologist: complementary approaches in providing psychological care to cancer patient].
abstract: In providing psychological care to an oncological patient a physician and a medical psychologist come from a variety of professional positions that require different approaches and methods. It is proposed a three-phase model of the dynamics of the psychological state of the person in the situation of cancer reflecting the process of psychological adaptation of a particular patient. Focusing on this model, the authors conclude that psychological care to cancer patient, performed by a doctor and a medical psychologist, are different kinds of psychological care that does not replace but complement each other.
authors.forename: V A
authors.initials: VA
authors.lastname: Chulkova
authors.forename: E V
authors.initials: EV
authors.lastname: Pesterëva
mesh_terms: D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D006801:Humans; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000523:psychology*; D010361:Patients / Q000523:psychology*; D010819:Physician's Role / Q000523:psychology*; D010817:Physician-Patient Relations