Psychotherapy with cancer patients

Authors

  • Birgit Hladschik

Abstract

The remarkable progress in the medical treatment of cancer patients in the recent past has been accompanied by a psychotherapeutic care which is growing in importance.

The author describes the psychooncological program of the department for internal medicine at the University Clinic of Vienna’s General Hospital (Wiener Allgemeines Krankenhaus). This program is indicative of the growing importance of psychotherapeutic support for cancer patients.

An in depth case study serves as a basis for a discussion of the position of psychotherapy and its effects on patients, their relatives and the medical personal. Furthermore the author considers the prospects of and barriers to interdisciplinary cooperation.

Keywords:
Psychooncology, psychotherapy, cancer.

 

Author Biography

Birgit Hladschik

Mag. Birgit Hladschik, Klinische Psychologin, Gesundheitspsychologin, Supervisorin, Psychotherapeutin (Logo-therapie und Existenzanalyse), als Klinische Psychologin und Psychotherapeutin an der onkologischen Abteilung der Klinik für Innere Medizin I am Wiener AKH tätig; Assistentin am Institut für medizinische Psychologie der medizinischen Fakultät der Universität in Wien; Psychotherapeutin in freier Praxis.

Korrespondenz: Mag. Birgit Hladschik, Institut für Medizinische Psychologie der medizinischen Fakultät der Universität Wien, Severingasse 9, A-1090 Wien 

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Published

1999-01-01

How to Cite

Hladschik, B. (1999). Psychotherapy with cancer patients. Psychotherapie-Wissenschaft, 7(1), 42–50. Retrieved from https://psychotherapie-wissenschaft.info/article/view/563

Issue

No. 1 (1999): Psychotherapie Forum 7/1 (veröffentlicht bei Springer Wien New York)

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