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Any real understanding of the emotional problems of the patient with facial involvement secondary to cancer and its management requires an understanding of the emotional problems universal to all patients with cancer. This is not to say that all patients with cancer react to the disease and the threat of death in the same manner. Nor is cancer the only life-threatening illness; others exist, including cardiovascular and neurologic diseases, renal disorders, and physical trauma. However, members of the oncology team in a cancer center are concerned with the emotional problems of the patient with cancer and, on occasion, specifically the patient with cancer of the head and neck. In addressing these emotional concerns, the patient cannot be considered in pure culture, as he/she has family, friends, and professionals who help. For purposes of discussion in this chapter, however, the patient, family, and professionals are artificially separated, while keeping in mind that there is an ongoing interaction between them.
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Schnaper, N., Kellner, T.K. (1986). Psychosocial Effect of Cancer on the Patient and the Family. In: Peterson, D.E., Elias, E.G., Sonis, S.T. (eds) Head and Neck Management of the Cancer Patient. Developments in Oncology, vol 36. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4613-2289-4_25
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