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- Title
ASSESSMENT AND MANAGEMENT OF PSYCHOSOCIAL STRESS IN LUNG TRANSPLANT CANDIDATES.
- Authors
Bright, M. Jane; Craven, John L.; Kelly, Paul J.
- Abstract
This article describes the assessment and management of psychosocial distress in lung transplant candidates. This article summarizes 1 year of involvement with candidates of the Toronto Lung Transplant Program. The nature and etiology of stress experienced during the assessment phase and while awaiting surgery are discussed, along with the supportive strategies employed. The time period discussed occurred as the surgical procedures and associated medical and psychosocial services were being refined and integrated. During this time, Toronto was the only group in North America regularly providing lung transplantation. Therefore, the stressors of the situation included not only those associated with life threatening illness and transplantation but also, for many candidates, the necessity of moving their homes for an extended period of time. More than 40 applicants were assessed for entry into the program during the year prior to May 1988. This group included an equal distribution of men and women ranging in age from 15 to 60 years.
- Subjects
TORONTO (Ont.); ONTARIO; CANADA; EVALUATION; MANAGEMENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL stress; SURGERY; DISEASES
- Publication
Health & Social Work, 1990, Vol 15, Issue 2, p125
- ISSN
0360-7283
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1093/hsw/15.2.125