Women's self-help after cancer
The women's self-help after cancer (FSH) is a patient organization with the purpose of catching, informing and accompanying people diagnosed with breast cancer . It is active in Germany and Austria, although there is no international umbrella organization. The support of those affected primarily includes coping with the psychological consequences of the illness, but also providing assistance with prosthetics and other special areas of life that are associated with the illness. There are in the groups u. a. Regular meetings that can be designed in different ways, such as discussion groups, joint excursions and the like.
Germany
The German associations of the FSH are grouped under the women's self-help after cancer eV .
Austria
Several associations and groups operate independently in Austria, some regional associations exist, but a federal association no longer exists. However, there is an ARGE that enables coordination between the groups. Groups and associations in Austria are, for example, the Vorarlberg regional association, the Amstetten association, the Baden association, the Mödling association, the Klagenfurt group and the Styrian regional association. Martha Frühwirt can be seen as a trailblazer for the self-help movement and founder of the FSH in Austria , who later also became the chairwoman of the federal association.
The women's self-help after cancer is therefore the first self-help group founded in Austria (founded in June 1979).
Other countries
Similar groups are active in other countries, but they are not called women's self-help after cancer, e.g. in Switzerland.
Partner networks
The European network partner of FSH, among others, is Europa Donna with individual country offices in 47 countries.
Individual evidence
- ↑ 20 years of women's self-help after cancer in Vienna . Archive report of the town hall correspondence dated November 12, 1999, accessed on May 24, 2019.
- ^ Europa Donna Member Counties . Europadonna.org website, accessed May 18, 2019