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A concept analysis of the existential experience of adults with advanced cancer.
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- The value of home-based advance care planning in addressing existential concerns among older Norwegian patients with cancer and their relatives: A narrative ethnographic study.Palliative care and social practice · 2025Article
- Top Ten Tips Palliative Care Clinicians Should Know About Attending to the Existential Experience.Journal of palliative medicine · 2024Article
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- What patients with advanced cancer experience as helpful in navigating their life with a long-term response: a qualitative study.Supportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer · 2024Article
- Coping strategies and psychosocial resources among women living with metastatic breast cancer: A qualitative study.Journal of psychosocial oncology · 2024Article
- Preparing for the Future While Living in the Present: Older Adults' Experiences Creating a Legacy of Values.The Gerontologist · 2023Article
- Meanings and Experiences of End-of-Life Patients and Their Family Caregivers in Hospital-to-Home Transitions: A Constructivist Grounded Theory Study.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Article
- Transitional self-disappear: the journey of cancer survivors to self re-coherence in a Middle East society.Supportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer · 2022Article
- "My life became more meaningful": confronting one's own end of life and its effects on well-being-a qualitative study.BMC palliative care · 2022Article
- Attending to the Existential Experience in Oncology: Dignity and Meaning Amid Awareness of Death.JCO global oncology · 2022Article
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Abstract
backgroundAttention to the existential dimension of an individual's experience during serious illness is important. However, existential concerns continue to be poorly defined in literature, leading to neglect in the clinical realm. PURPOSE: This concept analysis seeks to clarify the concept of the existential experience within the context of adults with advanced cancer.
methodsRodgers' evolutionary method of concept analysis was used. DISCUSSION: Existential experience in adults with advanced cancer is a dynamic state, preceded by confronting mortality, defined by diverse reactions to shared existential challenges related to the parameters of existence (body, time, others, and death), resulting in a dialectical movement between existential suffering and existential health, with capacity for personal growth. Personal factors and the ability to cope appear to influence this experience.
conclusionThese findings can drive future research and enhance clinician ability to attend to the existential domain, thereby improving patient experience at end-of-life.
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