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The narrow treatmen...
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Holst-Hansson, AnnetteMalmö universitet,Institutionen för vårdvetenskap (VV),Department of Hematology, Oncology and Radiophysics, Skåne University Hospital, Lund, Sweden
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The narrow treatment road to survival : Everyday life perspectives of women with breast cancer from Iraq and the former Yugoslavia undergoing radiation therapy in Sweden
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2018-01-18
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John Wiley & Sons,2018
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LIBRIS-ID:oai:DiVA.org:mau-14625
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https://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:mau:diva-14625URI
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https://doi.org/10.1111/ecc.12825DOI
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Language:English
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This study aimed at exploring how women from Iraq and the former Yugoslavia, diagnosed with breast cancer and living in Sweden, experience their everyday life during radiation therapy. A qualitative research design was used comprising interviews with ten women, five originating from Iraq and five from the former Yugoslavia. Striving to survive, the women experienced their everyday life during radiation therapy as extremely challenging. This experience can be placed into three categories: strategies for survival, keeping up appearances and staying in control. Because of these specific challenges, immigrant women may need additional information and guidance in conjunction with the diagnosis, which may enable them to identify possible sources of support from those closest to them. Also, greater attention should focus on acknowledging the woman behind the diagnosis, regardless of her origin, to develop an individualised support programme to help her cope with everyday life during radiation therapy.
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breast cancer
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everyday life
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immigrant
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radiation therapy
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women
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Idvall, EwaMalmö universitet,Institutionen för vårdvetenskap (VV)(Swepub:mau)hsewid
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Bolmsjö, IngridMalmö universitet,Institutionen för vårdvetenskap (VV)(Swepub:mau)hsinab
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Wennick, AnneMalmö universitet,Institutionen för vårdvetenskap (VV)(Swepub:mau)hsanwe
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Malmö universitetInstitutionen för vårdvetenskap (VV)
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