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Psychodynamits in the Cancer Patient

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The psychological impact of cancer and its treatment is enormous for both the patient and the patient’s family. There are many factors which contribute to this impact: disease and treatment variables, the patient’s age and socioeconomic group, and the patient’s unique psychologic attributes. Each patient has a complex and individual emotional configuration. Two people of the same age, from the same socio-economic group, receiving similar treatments for the same disease may react quite differently to their experiences. Furthermore, just as individuals differ in their reaction patterns, so do families.

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  1. Sidney Farber Cancer Institute, Department of Medicine, New England Deaconess Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, 02115, USA

    Jacob J. Lokich M.D. (Oncologist, Assistant Professor of Medicine, Chief, Section of Medical Oncology)

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Lokich, J.J. (1978). Psychodynamits in the Cancer Patient. In: Primer of Cancer Management. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-010-9678-2_13

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