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  • About
  • The Global ETD Search service is a free service for researchers to find electronic theses and dissertations. This service is provided by the Networked Digital Library of Theses and Dissertations.
    Our metadata is collected from universities around the world. If you manage a university/consortium/country archive and want to be added, details can be found on the NDLTD website.
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Experiences of adolescent bone sarcoma survivors : the journey from diagnosis through remission and beyond

13 October 2015 (has links)
D.Litt. et Phil. ( Psychology) / A literature survey has confirmed that the growing number of cancer survivors in general are experiencing both physical as well as psychological and social adaptation difficulties following their cancer treatment. This is no different for patients diagnosed with Osteosarcoma and Ewing sarcoma (bone sarcomas) during adolescence. At present there is no formal psychosocial intervention program available to the patients presenting with Ewing and Osteosarcomas. Because of the multicultural nature of the patients as well as the fact that many childhood and adolescent cancers do not include major surgery, as is the case with bone sarcomas, the direct applicability of generalized psychosocial intervention programs for adolescents with cancer other than bone sarcoma is doubtful ...

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