Timothy F
Acta Chir Belg. 1980 Mar-Apr;79(2):95-8.
Reach to Recovery was created to help the woman who has just had a mastectomy, because she will be faced with problems unlike any she has had to cope with before. The patient can identify with a healthy well adjusted woman, who has been mastectomized herself, and ask her non-medical questions. The experience of the author, who visited many mastectomized patients, shows that they are often misunderstood. Reconstruction, if medically acceptable, should be allowed without judgement to all women asking for it, and not only to young and slim patients.
“康复援助”项目旨在帮助刚做完乳房切除手术的女性，因为她将面临一些前所未有的问题。患者可以与一位自身已接受过乳房切除手术、健康且适应良好的女性交流，并向她咨询非医疗方面的问题。作者走访了许多接受过乳房切除手术的患者，经验表明她们常常被误解。如果医学上可行，乳房重建手术应该毫无偏见地提供给所有有需求的女性，而不仅仅是年轻苗条的患者。
