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Long-term survivorship in women with breast cancer

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Date Issued:
1998
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The purpose of this study was to develop a theory of survivorship in long-term breast cancer patients, and a subsequent educational program to assist health care practitioners to guide these survivors. Seven women who had survived breast cancer for at least 10 years, were interviewed over a twelve month period. This qualitative study used Glaser & Strauss's grounded theory method to generate the process of survivorship for these women. The emergent core category, "life's journey" was characterized by two core variables, "caring with self" and "completing the grieving process". The following themes emerged from within these variables: coping strategies, maintaining support networks, accepting self-image, motivating stressors, seeking information, and relying on spirituality. Implications for nursing and recommendations for further research are presented.
Title: Long-term survivorship in women with breast cancer.
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Name(s): Marinak, Catherine Carpenter.
Florida Atlantic University, Degree grantor
Dunphy, Lynne M., Thesis advisor
Type of Resource: text
Genre: Electronic Thesis Or Dissertation
Issuance: monographic
Date Issued: 1998
Publisher: Florida Atlantic University
Place of Publication: Boca Raton, Fla.
Physical Form: application/pdf
Extent: 80 p.
Language(s): English
Summary: The purpose of this study was to develop a theory of survivorship in long-term breast cancer patients, and a subsequent educational program to assist health care practitioners to guide these survivors. Seven women who had survived breast cancer for at least 10 years, were interviewed over a twelve month period. This qualitative study used Glaser & Strauss's grounded theory method to generate the process of survivorship for these women. The emergent core category, "life's journey" was characterized by two core variables, "caring with self" and "completing the grieving process". The following themes emerged from within these variables: coping strategies, maintaining support networks, accepting self-image, motivating stressors, seeking information, and relying on spirituality. Implications for nursing and recommendations for further research are presented.
Identifier: 9780599117419 (isbn), 15612 (digitool), FADT15612 (IID), fau:12369 (fedora)
Note(s): Christine E. Lynn College of Nursing
Thesis (M.S.N.)--Florida Atlantic University, 1998.
Subject(s): Breast--Cancer--Patients
Breast--Cancer--Psychological aspects
Breast--Cancer--Nursing
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