Role of “reach to recovery” in breast cancer

• Published in: Cancer Vol. 74; no. S7; pp. 2172 - 2173
• Main Author: Willits, Martha‐jean
• Format: Journal Article Conference Proceeding
• Language: English
• Published: New York Wiley Subscription Services, Inc., A Wiley Company 01.10.1994; Wiley-Liss
• Subjects: Adaptation, Psychological; Aged; Biological and medical sciences; Breast Neoplasms - psychology; Breast Neoplasms - rehabilitation; Breast Neoplasms - surgery; Female; Humans; Mastectomy - psychology; Mastectomy, Segmental - psychology; Medical sciences; Prevention and actions; Public health. Hygiene; Public health. Hygiene-occupational medicine; Self-Help Groups; Social Support; Specific populations (family, woman, child, elderly...)

Medical personnel should be aware that the Reach to Recovery program has gone from one visit to a radical mastectomy surgery patient to a multifaceted program. Reach to Recovery volunteers have been trained to make lumpectomy, mastectomy, reconstruction, and recurrence visits. They make visits not o...