Social Support for Cancer Patients - From the Social Worker’s Viewpoint

Abstract

“Family tumor” causes complex issues for clients and may induce a critical situation that they can’t manage with only the social support services they have been given previously. Clients will come to need every kind of social resource to help them solve the issues and satisfy their needs, such as formal services (social security, social welfare service, etc.), human resources, skills, etc. This report indicates some of the methods for supporting the clients from a social worker’s viewpoint.