[Areas of psychosocial care of children with cancer and their families. Evaluation of a model of comprehensive care].

98 children with cancer and 7 children with other serious hematologic or oncologic illnesses and their families are counselled by psychologists in close teamwork with pediatric oncologists within the framework of a clinical pilot study in 1982. The problems and questions of interest posed on the psychologists in 646 such contacts are classified and presented according to frequency of problems and contacts. The resulting large number and variety of concerns demonstrates that in addition to the direct illness- and treatment-related coping strategies (52 %) and related social/economic questions (30 %), a considerable portion of the problems can be classified within the realm of the clinical psychologist: behavioral disorders (37 %), family problems (33 %), late effects (26 %).