Total Rehabilitation Research
Online ISSN : 2189-4957
Print ISSN : 2188-1855
ISSN-L : 2188-1855
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Issues in Supporting Childhood Cancer Patients and Survivors through Analysis of the Process of Achieving Vocational Independence
:Through Interviews with Childhood Cancer Survivors
Sachiko NAKAZAWA
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2024 Volume 12 Pages 29-44

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Background :More and more patients with chronic diseases that developed during childhood are entering adulthood. As a result, they are expected to become professionally independent. Objective :To organize the process of childhood cancer patients from the onset of the disease to the present. Through the results, to identify issues of support necessary for the professional independence of pediatric cancer patients. Methods :Using the Trajectory Equifinality Model (TEM), we organized the trajectories of three pediatric cancer patients from the onset of cancer to the present, and examined the support needed for their vocational independence. Results. :One was able to continue working as an educator and one as a health care worker. Considerations :As necessary support, we proposed the following: fostering pediatric cancer patients' understanding of the disease and their ability to explain it, career education based on their experiences, family support, and ongoing support by medical institutions.
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