Mardor L
Isr J Med Sci. 1981 Sep-Oct;17(9-10):984-7.
"Yad L'hakhlama" (YL), initiated in 1967 as part of the Israel Cancer Association, is a national rehabilitation service for patients suffering from breast cancer. In Israel, about 1,000 new cases of breast cancer are diagnosed yearly and about 900 of the patients undergo mastectomy. YL reaches some 97% of these women. The office and central administration in Tel Aviv supervise the chapters in various cities. Eighty volunteers work in 26 hospitals throughout the country. Local and national card indexes of mastectomy patients are kept so that follow-up may be done by phone, through the mail or by additional counseling in the office. Assistance is given to the needy when necessary. YL keeps in contact with American and European manufacturers regarding prostheses and recommends imports to commercial agents for local supply. Fitters are selected and approved by YL, which also provides a temporary prosthetic device and a manual listing available accessories to all mastectomy patients. Lectures and information for professional and medical staff and students are given throughout the year. Some of the specific problems that YL handles are: 1) encouraging the acknowledgement and acceptance of the word "cancer" in certain hospitals and oncological centers, 2) overcoming the myths and superstition surrounding cancer; 3) improving doctor-patient relationships; and 4) recurrence of disease among the volunteers.
“雅德·拉赫卡拉马”(YL)于1967年作为以色列癌症协会的一部分发起成立,是一项针对乳腺癌患者的全国性康复服务项目。在以色列,每年约有1000例新的乳腺癌病例被确诊,其中约900名患者接受乳房切除术。YL服务了约97%的此类女性患者。位于特拉维夫的办公室和中央管理部门负责监督各个城市的分支机构。80名志愿者在全国26家医院工作。保存了乳房切除术患者的地方和全国卡片索引,以便通过电话、邮件或在办公室进行额外咨询来进行随访。必要时会向有需要的人提供帮助。YL就假体事宜与美国和欧洲的制造商保持联系,并向商业代理商推荐进口产品以供本地供应。YL挑选并批准装配人员,还为所有乳房切除术患者提供临时假体装置和一份可用配件的手册清单。全年为专业医护人员和学生举办讲座并提供信息。YL处理的一些具体问题包括:1)鼓励某些医院和肿瘤中心承认并接受“癌症”这个词;2)破除围绕癌症的神话和迷信;3)改善医患关系;4)志愿者中疾病的复发。