Psychological Aspects of the Rehabilitation of Cancer Patients

Abstract

The development of medicine increases the number of people living in situations of severe chronic illness, such as cancer. Around the world, the direction of the rehabilitation of such people is being developed in order to prevent disadaptation. Psychological rehabilitation is an essential component of rehabilitation. Psychological rehabilitation of people in a situation of cancer has its own characteristics. Presents the basics of psychological rehabilitation of the rehabilitation department of the Federal State Budgetary Institution "NMIC of Oncology named after NN Petrov" of the Ministry of Health of the Russian Federation.