Wagner Richard W, Pritzker Suzanne
a Graduate College of Social Work , University of Houston , Houston , Texas , USA.
Soc Work Health Care. 2016;55(3):181-94. doi: 10.1080/00981389.2015.1115800. Epub 2016 Mar 2.
Increasing numbers of cancer survivors are living longer than 5 years from their diagnosis date. This has resulted in a growing population of cancer survivors, expected to reach 19 million by 2024. Survivors frequently experience late effects caused by cancer and its treatment, reducing survivors' quality of life in multiple domains. Survivorship care-plans may aid the many physical, psychosocial, and financial needs that emerge posttreatment. However, the lack of reimbursement mechanisms, the limited amount of effectiveness research, and minimal guidelines for content and delivery are barriers to the widespread provision of survivorship care-plans. Challenges and opportunities for social work practice, research, and policy are identified and discussed.
越来越多的癌症幸存者自确诊之日起存活时间超过了5年。这使得癌症幸存者群体不断壮大，预计到2024年将达到1900万。幸存者经常会经历癌症及其治疗带来的后期影响，在多个方面降低了幸存者的生活质量。幸存者护理计划可能有助于满足治疗后出现的许多身体、心理社会和经济需求。然而，报销机制的缺乏、有效性研究数量有限以及内容和实施方面的指导方针极少，这些都是广泛提供幸存者护理计划的障碍。本文确定并讨论了社会工作实践、研究和政策面临的挑战与机遇。
