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GENERAL HOSPITAL PSYCHIATRY
Volume 22, Issue 3, Pages 200-205Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE INC
DOI: 10.1016/S0163-8343(00)00076-1
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The importance of work in patients with cancer has received relatively little attention. This article reviews the existing literature and uses case examples to illustrate the themes that characterize work-related distress. Whereas loss of occupational identity can be a source of significant anxiety and depression, continuing or returning to the workplace allows many patients to maintain a sense of normalcy or control. The experience of discrimination can become a focus for strong feelings about fairness. Clinicians need to both address work-related distress directly and appreciate the larger significance these themes may have in their patients' coping. A closer look at the importance of work in oncology suggests several areas for future research. (C) 2000 Elsevier Science Inc.
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