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Cancer as a chronic disease — a psychological perspective
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Streszczenie
Cancer is a disease that affects many people. Therefore, issue of proper psychological adaptation to the disease is of utmost importance and allows one to look for a better understanding in similar fields. Cancer has many common features with chronic diseases, despite the fact that it is not established whether it can be classified as a chronic disease. The first goal of this article is to confirm that according to the WHO definition, cancer indeed can be classified as a chronic disease. The second aim is to present implications of this assumption. Knowledge about the functioning of patients with chronic disease may be a source of hypotheses for psychological adjustment in cancer. Considering cancer as a chronic disease allows application of psychological understanding of chronic diseases to the study of cancer.
Streszczenie
Cancer is a disease that affects many people. Therefore, issue of proper psychological adaptation to the disease is of utmost importance and allows one to look for a better understanding in similar fields. Cancer has many common features with chronic diseases, despite the fact that it is not established whether it can be classified as a chronic disease. The first goal of this article is to confirm that according to the WHO definition, cancer indeed can be classified as a chronic disease. The second aim is to present implications of this assumption. Knowledge about the functioning of patients with chronic disease may be a source of hypotheses for psychological adjustment in cancer. Considering cancer as a chronic disease allows application of psychological understanding of chronic diseases to the study of cancer.
Słowa kluczowe
cancer, chronic disease, psychological adjustment, psychological adaptation, WHO
Informacje o artykuleTytuł
Cancer as a chronic disease — a psychological perspective
Czasopismo
Biuletyn Polskiego Towarzystwa Onkologicznego Nowotwory
Numer
Strony
29-33
Opublikowany online
2018-07-10
Wyświetlenia strony
340
Wyświetlenia/pobrania artykułu
579
Rekord bibliograficzny
Biuletyn Polskiego Towarzystwa Onkologicznego Nowotwory 2018;3(1):29-33.
Słowa kluczowe
cancer
chronic disease
psychological adjustment
psychological adaptation
WHO
Autorzy
Monika Paleczna
