The physical level |
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- Problems stemming form disease and treatment |
- Pain |
- Amputation |
- Late effects stemming from treatment and the disease. |
- Problems in understanding what happens |
- Symptoms |
- Symptom relief. |
- Disease/treatments influence on sexual life/body identity |
- Nutrition and food |
- Life style changes |
The psychological level |
- Crisis |
- Chock |
- Fear, Fear of death, fear of living, |
- Fear of relapse |
- Handling of a possible incriminating situation |
- Coping strategies. |
- Changed identity/identity problems |
- Difficulties in letting go of the role of the sick |
- Changed quality of life |
- Opportunity to meet other patients in the same situation |
- Increased risk of depression |
- Information on possible genetic disposition |
- Information and support enabling the patient to take control and act. |
The social level |
- Body identity |
- Sexuality |
- Life plans |
- Stigmatization |
- Accept of being a CSP |
- Fear and sorrow among relatives |
- Normalization of family and network |
- Fear of what is going to happen in the future |
- Changes in roles/Status in |
- Marriage/relationship |
- Family |
- Children |
- Risk of being childless |
- Single parents |
- Risk of loosing a breadwinner |
- Workplace |
- Friends |
- Leisure activities (e.g. sports) |
- Self-help groups/patient organisations for patient and relatives |
The vocational level |
- Keeping contact to workplace |
- Working on reduced hours |
- Unemployment (fear of) |
- Reduced working capacity |
- Sick note |
- Vocational rehabilitation |
- Early retirement/retirement |
The material level |
- Reduced income |
- Expenses in relation to aids and appliances, |
- Problems in relation to pension (now or for sawing) |
- Material comforts and/or reduced living standard. |
- Economic problems |
- Reduced living standards (reduced housing standard due to reduced income) |
- Problems regarding information on rights |
- Problems in relation to social and economic conditions |
- Problems in relation life plans |