Open AccessCancer Survivors at Work: A Generation of Progress
Author(s) -
Hoffman Barbara
Publication year - 2005
Publication title -
ca: a cancer journal for clinicians
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 62.937
H-Index - 168
eISSN - 1542-4863
pISSN - 0007-9235
DOI - 10.3322/canjclin.55.5.271
Subject(s) - cancer , work (physics) , face (sociological concept) , state (computer science) , gerontology , political science , medicine , psychology , sociology , social science , mechanical engineering , algorithm , computer science , engineering
Before the 1970s, a substantial percentage of cancer survivors faced blatant employment discrimination with little legal recourse, a paucity of support services, and limited medical options for curative treatment. Since then, survivors have benefited from improvements in cancer treatment, the passage of state and federal antidiscrimination laws, and a sea change in perceptions about living with and beyond cancer. Consequently, cancer survivors now face fewer barriers to employment opportunities. Because millions of cancer survivors, more than ever before, are now working age adults, advocacy efforts should shift from expanding legal protection from cancer‐based discrimination to providing resources to help survivors meet their individual employment‐related concerns.