ArticleJournal of cancer survivorship : research and practice2016
The salience of cancer and the "survivor" identity for people who have completed acute cancer treatment: a qualitative study.
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- General practitioners' perspectives on chronic care consultations for patients with a history of cancer: a qualitative interview study.BMC family practice · 2019Article
- Hidden voices: an interpretative phenomenological analysis of the experience of surviving breast cancer in Saudi Arabia.Journal of research in nursing : JRN · 2019Article
- "We're Just Not Prepared for Eating Over Our Whole Life": A Mixed Methods Approach to Understanding Dietary Behaviors Among Longer Term Cancer Survivors.Integrative cancer therapies · 2018Article
- Who is a survivor? Perceptions from individuals who experienced pediatric cancer and their primary support persons.Supportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer · 2018Article
- "Still a Cancer Patient"-Associations of Cancer Identity With Patient-Reported Outcomes and Health Care Use Among Cancer Survivors.JNCI cancer spectrum · 2018Article
- Are you a cancer survivor? A review on cancer identity.Journal of cancer survivorship : research and practice · 2016Review
- A qualitative study of dietary discussions as an emerging task for cancer clinicians.SAGE open medicine · 2016Article
- Returning to work: The cancer survivor's transformational journey of adjustment and coping.International journal of qualitative studies on health and well-being · 2016Article
- From Broad Theoretic Postulating to Precision Communication - A Contemporary Narrative Review of Cancer Communication.Indian journal of palliative careReview
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Abstract
purposeGlobally, there are nearly 33 million persons who have survived 5 or more years after a diagnosis of cancer [1]. We explore the salience of cancer in such people's self-concept as an important element for creating patient-centered care for those living with a cancer history.
methodsOur data are responses to a free-listing exercise and subsequent qualitative interviews with 53 individuals aged between 45 and 74 who were diagnosed with non-Hodgkin's lymphoma or breast or prostate cancer at least 3 years prior and had completed acute treatment. Participants lived in the Baltimore-Washington region of the USA.
resultsCancer was not necessarily salient to participants' current self-concept, and espousal of a "survivor" identity is complex. We construct a typology of seven contrasting meanings of "survivor" based upon participants' narratives (factual, beaten, functional, temporary, adversity, passage of time, and lucky or blessed) and present interviewees' rationales as to why they did or did not adopt a survivorship identity.
conclusionsWe examine the complexity of "survivorship" as an identity and people's affiliation with it, as well as how this relates to other salient and fluid elements of people's sense of self within a life course perspective. IMPLICATIONS FOR CANCER SURVIVORS: Understanding how cancer factors into people's self-concept throughout the life course is important for designing effective, patient-centered programs that acknowledge diverse experiences and expectations and possible changes with the passage of time.
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