Cancer survivors at work: a generation of progress
Cancer survivors at work: a generation of progress
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DOI：
10.3322/canjclin.55.5.271
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发表时间：
2005-09-01
影响因子：
254.7
通讯作者：
Hoffman, B
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作者：
Hoffman, B
在20世纪70年代之前，相当大比例的癌症幸存者面临公然的就业歧视，几乎没有法律的追索权，缺乏支持服务，治疗性治疗的医疗选择有限。从那时起，幸存者受益于癌症治疗的改善，州和联邦反歧视法的通过，以及对癌症和癌症以外生活的看法的巨大变化。因此，癌症幸存者现在面临的就业机会障碍较少。由于数以百万计的癌症幸存者现在比以往任何时候都多，是工作年龄的成年人，因此宣传工作应从扩大法律的保护，使其免受癌症歧视，转向提供资源，帮助幸存者解决与就业有关的个人问题。
Before the 1970s, a substantial percentage of cancer survivors faced blatant employment discrimination with little legal recourse, a paucity of support services, and limited medical options for curative treatment. Since then, survivors have benefited from improvements in cancer treatment, the passage of state and federal antidiscrimination laws, and a sea change in perceptions about living with and beyond cancer. Consequently, cancer survivors now face fewer barriers to employment opportunities. Because millions of cancer survivors, more than ever before, are now working age adults, advocacy efforts should shift from expanding legal protection from cancer-based discrimination to providing resources to help survivors meet their individual employment-related concerns.