Cancer Survivorship Care: A perspective from an Occupational- Participation Approach

The burden of cancer taking a form of a chronic illness warrants a shift in the health care delivery to address the many neglected functional impacts (physical-psychosocial and occupational dysfunctions) from cancer.Balancing the current traditional medical care (that focuses on the tumour/illness), with the essential non-medical tasks of dayto-day participation and self-care tasks are both needed for cancer conditions that now requires care over indefinite period.This paper aims to highlight occupational-participation as an expansion of the international classification of functioning (ICF)'s concept of participation, to encapsulate a holistic approach for better functional outcomes and occupational wellbeing in the emerging field of cancer survivorship.