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= ﻿Social Worker =

A Social worker plays a huge role in the support of a patient with cancer an their families. They provide counselling, education, access to information and specialised resources, such as access to other people going/ or having gone through the same thing, and help the patient manage their day to day life with cancer (Oral Cancer foundation Inc., 2001-2010). Primary duties may include (Edwards, 1998; Oral Cancer foundation Inc., 2001-2010; Rapidis, 1980) : Next Profession
 * Helping patients and their families deal with the feelings which have arisen as a result of the cancer diagnosis and treatment.
 * Helping patients re-organise their lives, for example, changing of roles within the family, job losses, finding alternative childcare arrangement etc.
 * Helping the patient to liaise with the rest of the medical team
 * Accessing resources (information, people, support)
 * Helping patients through intimacy issues they may be having with their partners
 * Helping the patient adjust back to normal life AFTER treatment. This can be especially difficult for some.