Scanxiety among adults with cancer: a scoping review to guide research and interventions

HM Derry-Vick, LC Heathcote, N Glesby, J Stribling… - Cancers, 2023 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary “Scanxiety”, or the distress and/or anxiety occurring before, during, and
after cancer-related imaging/scans, is an upsetting experience during and following cancer …

[PDF][PDF] Antecedents and outcomes of uncertainty in older adults with cancer: a scoping review of the literature

S Alibhai, M Fitch, AE Tourangeau, AP Ayala, MTE Puts - 2017 - utoronto.scholaris.ca
Conclusions: Uncertainty is an enduring and common experience in cancer survivorship.
Uncertainty is affected by a number of demographic and clinical factors and affects quality of …

Meanings of existential uncertainty and certainty for people diagnosed with cancer and receiving palliative treatment: a life-world phenomenological study

M Karlsson, F Friberg, C Wallengren, J Öhlén - BMC palliative care, 2014 - Springer
Background Many people around the world are getting cancer and living longer with the
disease. Thanks to improved treatment options in healthcare, patients diagnosed with …

Ethical challenges in family caregivers of patients with advanced cancer–a qualitative study

A Ullrich, M Theochari, C Bergelt, G Marx, K Woellert… - BMC Palliative Care, 2020 - Springer
Background Caring for patients with advanced or terminal diseases can confront family
caregivers (FC) with ethical challenges. The present study aims at tracing paths connected …

Researching lived experience in health care: Significance for care ethics

B Dierckx de Casterlé, STL Verhaeghe… - Nursing …, 2011 - journals.sagepub.com
The aim of this article is to demonstrate the usefulness of qualitative research for studying
the ethics of care, bringing to light the lived experience of health care recipients, together …

An exploration of the existential experiences of patients following curative treatment for cancer: Reflections from a UK sample

ASK Lagerdahl, M Moynihan… - Journal of Psychosocial …, 2014 - Taylor & Francis
The existential experiences associated with cancer diagnosis and treatment are well
researched, but the posttreatment phase is relatively underexplored. Using semistructured …

Returning home: psychosocial care during the re‐entry phase of cancer survivorship in rural A ustralia

J Pascal, N Johnson, V Dickson‐Swift… - European Journal of …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
The purpose of this research was to highlight gaps in formal psychosocial care for cancer
survivors in rural communities. The study was conducted in rural V ictoria, A ustralia, and …

Call to action: empowering patients and families to initiate clinical ethics consultations

L Blackler, AE Scharf, K Matsoukas, M Colletti… - Journal of Medical …, 2023 - jme.bmj.com
Clinical ethics consultations exist to support patients, families and clinicians who are facing
ethical or moral challenges related to patient care. They provide a forum for open …

Heideggerian hermeneutic phenomenology as method: Modelling analysis through a meta-synthesis of articles on being-towards-death

J Gullick, S West - Medicine, Health Care and Philosophy, 2020 - Springer
While the richness of Heideggerian philosophy is attractive as a healthcare research
framework, its density means authors rarely utilise its fullest possibilities as an hermeneutic …

Breaking the silence: Integration of facial disfigurement after surgical treatment for cancer

H Konradsen, M Kirkevold, A McCallin… - Qualitative Health …, 2012 - journals.sagepub.com
Little is known about the psychosocial effects of facial disfigurement. We present the results
of a qualitative study following 15 patients who had been surgically treated for head, neck, or …