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Making Sense of Liv...
Making Sense of Living Under the Shadow of Death: Adjusting to a Recurrent Breast Cancer Illness
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- Kenne Sarenmalm, Elisabeth, 1956 (author)
- Gothenburg University,Göteborgs universitet,Institutionen för vårdvetenskap och hälsa,Institute of Health and Care Sciences
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- Thorén-Jönsson, Anna-Lisa, 1946 (author)
- Gothenburg University,Göteborgs universitet,Institutionen för neurovetenskap och fysiologi, sektionen för klinisk neurovetenskap och rehabilitering,Institute of Neuroscience and Physiology, Department of Clinical Neuroscience and Rehabilitation
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Gaston-Johansson, Fannie (author)
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- Öhlén, Joakim, 1958 (author)
- Gothenburg University,Göteborgs universitet,Institutionen för vårdvetenskap och hälsa,Institute of Health and Care Sciences
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- 2009-07-28
- 2009
- English.
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In: QUALITATIVE HEALTH RESEARCH. - : SAGE Publications. - 1049-7323 .- 1552-7557. ; 19:8, s. 1116-1130
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- Women with recurrent breast cancer face many difficulties and challenges, from clinical symptoms of disease progression and treatment to a range of emotional responses. Guided by grounded theory methodology, we explored the main concerns of women with recurrent breast cancer, and how they were dealing with their situations. Data were collected from 40 in-depth interviews with 20 women diagnosed with recurrent breast cancer. The core category illustrated the process of “making sense of living under the shadow of death,” and was based on the women's experiences of adjusting to living with a persistent life-threatening illness. Confronting a recurrence of breast cancer was a life-altering event. Moving through a difficult and challenging time, women eased their distress by letting go of losses and reassessing important values. Through a personal transition women transcended living with a life-threatening illness. These findings emphasize the importance of recognizing existential distress in clinical practice.
Subject headings
- SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP -- Statsvetenskap -- Studier av offentlig förvaltning (hsv//swe)
- SOCIAL SCIENCES -- Political Science -- Public Administration Studies (hsv//eng)
Keyword
- quality-of-life
- health
- women
- care
- uncertainty
- adjustment
- survivors
- distress
- prevalence
- statistics
Publication and Content Type
- ref (subject category)
- art (subject category)
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