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Sacrificing a Limb for Life: Psychological Interventions in Osteosarcoma

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  16 June 2009

Amy S. M. Fung  and
Peter W. H. Lee
Amy S. M. Fung
Affiliation:
Queen Mary Hospital, Hong Kong
Peter W. H. Lee
Affiliation:
Queen Mary Hospital, Hong Kong
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Psychological management is a crucial part of the overall treatment plan involving therapeutic amputations in children. Therapeutic work aims to facilitate the implementation of a coordinated treatment plan taking into account the patient's physical and psychological needs. Psychological contact at the early stage is advocated to minimize the patient's distress and to forestall potentially handicapping emotional disturbances. The paper highlights important issues at different phases of the patient's treatment, including coming to terms with the initial diagnosis, acceptance of the amputation plan, and the final process of rehabilitation and normal life adjustment. Psychological interventions with one adolescent girl treated with therapeutic amputation for osteosarcoma are used to illustrate the therapeutic process.

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Brief Clinical Report
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Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapy , Volume 24 , Issue 3 , July 1996 , pp. 283 - 286
Copyright
Copyright © British Association for Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapies 1996

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