Struggling to gain meaning: Living with the uncertainty of breast cancer
Struggling to gain meaning: Living with the uncertainty of breast cancer
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DOI：
10.1097/00012272-199603000-00007
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发表时间：
1996-03-01
影响因子：
1.6
通讯作者：
Nelson, JP
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作者：
Nelson, JP
不确定性是乳腺癌患者的常见经历，特别是当治疗不能确保疾病治愈时。本文描述的研究试图为乳腺癌患者提供不确定性体验的见解。解释学现象学和摄影解释学被用来描述和解释9名妇女之间的2至6年的乳腺癌治疗后的不确定性。通过访谈和照片解读收集数据。发现了女性中存在的五个不确定性主题。主要的研究结果包括支持重新概念化的米舍尔的不确定性疾病理论和不确定性的增长方面的解释。
Uncertainty is a common experience for women living with breast cancer, particularly when treatment cannot assure disease cure. The study described in this article sought to provide insight into uncertainty experiences for women living with breast cancer. Hermeneutic phenomenology and photographic hermeneutics were used to describe and interpret uncertainty for nine women between 2 and 6 years posttreatment for breast cancer. Data were collected using interviews and interpretations of photographs. Five themes of uncertainty among women were uncovered. Major study findings included support for a reconceptualization of Mishel's Uncertainty in Illness Theory and the explication of growth-producing aspects of uncertainty.