摘要:

AbstractPsychosocial adjustment in adolescent cancer survivors has been documented to be quite variable. Factors mediating adjustment need to be identified. The current study is an exploration of the impact that cancer diagnosis and treatment has on adolescent's self-perceptions and the role this has in mediating adjustment in this group. Fijiy-eight adolescent survivors of hematologic malignancies were interviewed about alterations in self-perceptions related to their cancer experience and completed a cancer-specific social problem-solving task. Initial findings suggest that cancer universally alters the way adolescent survivors view themselves, but that the alteration can be both positive or negative depending on the meaning ascribed to it.

ISSN:0735-7907    

DOI:10.3109/07357909109018956

出版商:Taylor&Francis    

年代:1991

数据来源: Taylor

摘要:

AbstractApproximately 25% of the six million persons in the United States with a cancer history experience disparate treatment in employment solely because of their medical histories. Many employers do not realize that more than half of the people diagnosed with cancer in 1991 in the United States will overcome their illness, that cancer is not contagious, and that cancer survivors have relatively the same productivity rates as other workers. Decisions to deny employment opportunities to a cancer survivor that are based on misconceptions about cancer, instead of the individual's ability to perform the job, may violate the survivor's legal rights. Employment discrimination against individuals who are qualified for jobs, but are treated differently solely because of their cancer histories, violates most federal and state laws that prohibit employment discrimination based on actual or perceived disabilities. Health professionals, as well as survivors themselves, must take action on three fronts to combat cancer-based discrimination: public and professional education, individual and group advocacy, and appropriate use of legal remedies.

ISSN:0735-7907    

DOI:10.3109/07357909109018957

出版商:Taylor&Francis    

年代:1991

数据来源: Taylor

ISSN:0735-7907    

DOI:10.3109/07357909109018958

出版商:Taylor&Francis    

年代:1991

数据来源: Taylor

ISSN:0735-7907    

DOI:10.3109/07357909109018959

出版商:Taylor&Francis    

年代:1991

数据来源: Taylor

ISSN:0735-7907    

DOI:10.3109/07357909109018960

出版商:Taylor&Francis    

年代:1991

数据来源: Taylor

ISSN:0735-7907    

DOI:10.3109/07357909109018961

出版商:Taylor&Francis    

年代:1991

数据来源: Taylor

ISSN:0735-7907    

DOI:10.3109/07357909109018962

出版商:Taylor&Francis    

年代:1991

数据来源: Taylor