Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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5868497 | European Journal of Oncology Nursing | 2015 | 9 Pages |
Abstract
In order to be able to maintain self-identity patients endure treatment by focusing on symptoms, on getting cured and on their self-image. Several distressful symptoms implied social limitations and a sense that the body would not take the strain. The result of this study can help health care professionals to gain a better understanding of the struggle to endure pelvic radiotherapy. Further, health care professionals should be more proactive in alleviating their patients' distressful symptoms. The results imply that previous life experiences should precede initiated interventions because these life experiences affect the patients' self-care activities.
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Authors
Sofie Jakobsson, Tor Ekman, Karin Ahlberg,