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Abstract
Highlights
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- Research into survivorship and survivors' needs is a burgeoning area of research.
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- We examine the significance of lived relations (relationality) for cancer survivorship.
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- Having cancer may lead women to reconceptualize the meaning of life.
Synopsis
Cancer
survivors actively construct their lives and the meaning of cancer to
better understand the process of adjustment following the disease. The
aim of this study was to understand the significance of lived relations
(relationality) for cancer survivorship. The methodology used was a
qualitative, phenomenological lifeworld perspective focused on the
stories of the participants' lived experiences as gynecological cancer
survivors. Data was collected through semi-structured interviews of ten
female cancer survivors. A phenomenological hermeneutic method was used
to interpret the transcribed interviews. The findings revealed three
main themes: mediation between the subject and the world, between
subjects, and between the subject and herself. Survivorship can be best
attained when individual strengths are the focus of intervention and
help guide positive outcomes. Health practitioners should be aware of
the potential for positive changes in their patients following trauma
and adversity.
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