Psycho-Social Issues In Breast Reconstruction: A Patient's Perspective

Issue title: Breast Reconstruction

Guest editors: C. Scott Hultman

Article type: Research Article

Authors: Levinson, Alice Engel^*

Affiliations: University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC, USA

Correspondence: [*] Corresponding author: Alice Engel Levinson, PhD, 3604 Pasture Road, Hillsborough, NC 27278, USA. Tel.: +1 919 932 5902; Fax: +1 919 967 7528; E-mail: [email protected]

Abstract: This chapter reviews psycho-social issues relevant to the management of breast reconstruction patients, with suggestions for assessment and intervention to support maximal response to surgical treatment. The author is a clinical psychologist as well as a breast cancer/reconstructive surgery survivor.

DOI: 10.3233/BD-2002-16123

Journal: Breast Disease, vol. 16, no. 1, pp. 175-179, 2002