Psychosocial Responses to Cancer in California and Western Sweden
1988; Taylor & Francis; Volume: 6; Issue: 3-4 Linguagem: Inglês
10.1300/j077v06n03_03
ISSN1540-7586
AutoresJerome D. Cohen, Marianne Sullivan, I Branehög,
Tópico(s)Cancer survivorship and care
ResumoThe research described in this article compares the major psychosocial problems and needs of surviving cancer paticnts in California and the western region of Sweden as well as two contrasting social and economic situations. The California study reflects the psychosocial consequences of cancer under an essentially private fee-for-service system of medical care. The Swedish system of universal health insurance and social benefits removes almost all economic consequences of the disease. The results clearly identify the positive effects of each society's interventive actions. In the California study, individual and family services were more available than in Sweden, whereas economic supports were less available, resulting in more economic-related problems and fewer individual and family difficulties. Nevertheless, patients in each society had some difficulties in both areas, which required further attention from the health care system.
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