Cancer patients face identity changes through diagnosis, treatment - The Washington Post

Becoming a patient is the first of three categories of identity change, along with the arrest of the person’s current stage of life and reversals in roles of loved ones, a psychiatrist says.

The identity of cancer patient is forced on a person as soon as they hear the diagnosis. With it comes a pause in their life and often a new perspective on mortality, along with a search for a new no… [+8659 chars]

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