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Cancer rehabilitation services in a tertiary care center
Author(s) -
Schmidt Kenley D.
Publication year - 2001
Publication title -
cancer
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.052
H-Index - 304
eISSN - 1097-0142
pISSN - 0008-543X
DOI - 10.1002/1097-0142(20010815)92:4+<1053::aid-cncr1419>3.0.co;2-v
Subject(s) - deconditioning , medicine , psychosocial , rehabilitation , cancer , disease , physical therapy , service (business) , physical medicine and rehabilitation , psychiatry , economy , pathology , economics
People with cancer often have functional limitations resulting from fatigue, deconditioning, pain, or metastasis to the musculoskeletal or nervous system, in addition to the psychosocial aspects of dealing with their disease. Their medical caregivers often focus on treating the disease and overlook these important aspects. The Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation at the Mayo Clinic developed a Cancer Rehabilitation Service in 1979 to address these needs for hospitalized patients. Some of the challenges and successes of this service are briefly discussed in this article. Cancer 2001;92:1053–4. © 2001 American Cancer Society.