Letters to the Editor

Oncology Nurses Need to Get Serious About Cancer Rehabilitation

Matthew R. LeBlanc
rehabilitation, rehabilitation services, supportive care
CJON 2015, 19(5), 500-500. DOI: 10.1188/15.CJON.500

Patients with cancer suffer greatly. Rehabilitation helps them suffer less, and yet very few patients with cancer get rehabilitation services of any kind. Oncology nurses are well positioned to see the toll that cancer and its treatment take on patients and to facilitate appropriate supportive care, including rehabilitation.

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