Journal article
Identity reconstruction among older cancer survivors: Age and meaning in the context of a life-altering illness
Journal of psychosocial oncology, v 34(6), pp 477-492
01 Jan 2016
PMID: 27715772
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Abstract
This article evaluates how older cancer patients describe cancer survivorship and incorporate the cancer experience into long-term evaluations of health. From a series of 53 qualitative interviews with adults with histories of breast and prostate cancers and non-Hodgkin's lymphoma, we analyzed age-related discussions among those 65 and older (n = 21). Emergent themes revealed the: (1) historical conceptualization of cancer, (2) changed perspective following diagnosis, (3) cancer in the context of a long biography, (4) cancer in the context of the aging body and decline, and (5) meaning of time remaining and quality of life. One important suggestion from our work, relevant to all clinicians regardless of specialty or role, is to incorporate goals for the future into individualized survivor care plans for older survivors.
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- Title
- Identity reconstruction among older cancer survivors: Age and meaning in the context of a life-altering illness
- Creators
- Susan M. Hannum - BloombergKatherine Clegg Smith - Johns Hopkins Bloomberg Sch Publ Hlth, Dept Hlth Behav & Soc, Baltimore, MD USAKisha Coa - ICF InternationalAnn C. Klassen - Drexel University
- Publication Details
- Journal of psychosocial oncology, v 34(6), pp 477-492
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis
- Number of pages
- 16
- Grant note
- R21CA152789 / National Institutes of Health; United States Department of Health & Human Services; National Institutes of Health (NIH) - USA NIH; United States Department of Health & Human Services; National Institutes of Health (NIH) - USA NCI; United States Department of Health & Human Services; National Institutes of Health (NIH) - USA; NIH National Cancer Institute (NCI) T32 CA009314 / NCI through the Cancer Epidemiology, Prevention, and Control Postdoctoral Training Fellowship Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health; Johns Hopkins University R21CA152789 / NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE; United States Department of Health & Human Services; National Institutes of Health (NIH) - USA; NIH National Cancer Institute (NCI) National Cancer Institute; United States Department of Health & Human Services; National Institutes of Health (NIH) - USA; NIH National Cancer Institute (NCI)
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Language
- English
- Academic Unit
- Community Health and Prevention
- Web of Science ID
- WOS:000390417600003
- Scopus ID
- 2-s2.0-84991038647
- Other Identifier
- 991019169603404721
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- Domestic collaboration
- Web of Science research areas
- Psychology, Social