Matching of received social support with need for support in adjusting to cancer and cancer survivorship

ConclusionsThe results suggest that social support is contextualized by the degree of physical impairment and may be somewhat different for cancer patients in treatment compared with cancer survivors. The transition to cancer survivorship may involve a transformation in the need for as well as the type and amount of received social support. Copyright © 2015 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.

Source: Psycho-Oncology - April 1, 2015 Category: Cancer & Oncology Authors: Thomas V. Merluzzi, Errol J. Philip, Miao Yang, Carolyn A. Heitzmann Tags: Paper Source Type: research