title: Psychooncology in Poland.
abstract: Psycho-oncology is an interdisciplinary field of medicine that deals with the psychological aspects of cancer. Psycho-oncology is a sub-discipline of clinical oncology, psychiatry, clinical psychology and health psychology. It was formally established in 1975. In Poland, the Polish Psycho-Oncology Association deals with the issues of psycho-oncology since 1992. Despite the dynamic development of psycho-oncology, in Poland psychological help for people with cancer covered under the health insurance is not sufficient. The main tasks facing the Polish psycho-oncology is: to define psycho-oncologist profession and to make it administratively independent profession, to identify psycho-oncological benefits under the health insurance and to determine standards of psycho-oncological care in the National Program of Cancer Prevention.
authors.affiliation: Klinika Pneumonologii i Alergologii GUMed.
authors.forename: Paweł
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Zielazny
authors.affiliation: Zakład Psychologii Lekarskiej Katedry Psychiatrii UJ CM.
authors.forename: Paulina
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Zielińska
authors.affiliation: Polskie Towarzystwo Psychoonkologiczne.
authors.forename: Krystyna
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: de Walden-Gałuszko
authors.affiliation: Klinika Pneumonologii i Alergologii GUMed.
authors.forename: Krzysztof
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Kuziemski
authors.affiliation: Zakład Psychologii Lekarskiej Katedry Psychiatrii UJ CM.
authors.forename: Barbara
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Bętkowska-Korpała
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D033183:Interdisciplinary Communication; D008495:Medical Oncology / Q000458:organization & administration*; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000523:psychology* / Q000628:therapy; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000523:psychology* / Q000628:therapy; D011044:Poland; D011570:Psychiatry / Q000458:organization & administration; D011586:Psychology, Clinical / Q000458:organization & administration*; D011613:Psychotherapy / Q000458:organization & administration; D011788:Quality of Life
keywords: Polish Psycho-Oncology Association; cancer; oncology; psycho-oncological help; psycho-oncology; tumor