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2017 (English)In: Journal of psychosocial oncology, ISSN 0734-7332, E-ISSN 1540-7586, Vol. 35, no 5, p. 614-630Article in journal (Refereed) Published
Abstract [en]
The aim of this study was to determine how patients with head and neck cancer experience changes within their intimate relationships at the end of treatment and detect detrimental and facilitating factors in the process of resuming intimate relationships. Interviews were conducted with 131 patients. A core category – "Being open vs. not sharing the cancer journey" – emerged from the patients' narratives and was based on the experiences of engagement/disengagement, openess/fear, and patronising attitudes/sharing the burden. The findings point to the necessity of patients being open about the disease trajectory and might be understood in the light of theories about potential changes in identity and self-concept.
Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
Routledge, 2017
Keywords
Head and neck cancer, intimate relationships, patients experience, social support, qualitative study
National Category
Social Work Cancer and Oncology
Identifiers
urn:nbn:se:umu:diva-135348 (URN)10.1080/07347332.2017.1339224 (DOI)000413909300007 ()28605311 (PubMedID)2-s2.0-85027846387 (Scopus ID)
Note
Acknowledgement of funding: This study was sponsored by the Swedish Cancer Society, Lions Cancer Research Foundation at Umeå University, the Swedish Laryng Foundation, and the Cancer Research Foundation of Northern Sweden.
2017-05-242017-05-242023-03-23Bibliographically approved