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Table 2 Possible rehabilitation needs were the CSP may need information and help

From: Cancer surviving patients' rehabilitation – understanding failure through application of theoretical perspectives from Habermas

The physical level

- 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