Activism among exceptional patients with cancer

Frenkel, Moshe; Ari, S.; Engebretson, Joan; Peterson, Noemi E.; Maimon, Yair; Cohen, Lorenzo; Kacen, Lea

doi:10.1007/s00520-010-0918-6

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“…Frenkel et al (2011) investigated the socalled "exceptional p atients", w ho had cancer consid ered uncurable by med ical report and who subsequently became d isease-free or experienced unexplained survival time given the nature of their d isease or treatment. The m ain comm on feature of these p atients w ith d ifferent typ es of cancer (in USA and Israel) w as p ersonal activism .…”

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“Genes of Happiness and Well Being” in the Context of Search Activity Concept

Rotenberg

2013

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The goal of this article is to d iscuss that the long allele of the serotonin transporter gene that w as consid ered in some publications to be a gene of "happiness" and "w ell-being" is actually a gene that is responsible for the pred isposition to the search activity that by itself contains positive emotional feelings. This statement is confirmed by the comparison of the results of d ifferent investigations and helps to solve many contrad ictions in psychobiology of emotional sensitivity, fear, d epression, suicid e attempts, of relationships betw een stressful cond itions and w ell-being. Key w ord s: Consciousness; Gene of happiness; Search activity concept GEN ETIC PRED ISPOSITION TO WELL-BEIN GAn interest to the reasons of happiness and to the d istribution of the feeling of happiness is very strong in hu m an society. Diener (1996) fou nd in his investigation that m ost p eop le report a p ositive level of subjective w ell-being and say that they are satisfied w ith m arriage, w ork and leisure. This statement seem s to be overoptimistic but author m ay be correct proposing that such p ositive attitud e to the life help s to resist negative events and to cope w ith them. Positive self point may m otivate hum an's sociability, d rive free exploration and creativity. Thus it m ay be a feed back betw een w ell-being and the active position in hu man life.In the recent years appeared a new branch of hu man p sychobiology: a genetic app roach to w ell-being and happiness. In a comp rehensive investigation (Lykken & Tellegen, 1996) happ iness (subjective well-being) w as measured on a birth-record -based sample of several thou sand m id d le-aged tw ins using the Well-Being scale of Multid imensional Personality Questionnaire. Socioeconomic status, ed ucational attainment, family income, m arital statu s, an ind icant of religious com mitment could not account for more than a bout 3% of the variance in well-being. H owever, from 44% to 52% of the variance in well-being were associated w ith genetic variation. When tw ins have been retested after few years, authors found that the heritability of the stable component of subjective w ell-being approaches 80%.

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“Genes of Happiness and Well Being” in the Context of Search Activity Concept

Rotenberg

2013

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“…Narrative research has emerged as an important area in medical anthropology as well as in hermeneutic phenomenology. In both the telling and the interpretation of experiences, narrative mediates between the inner world of thoughts and feelings and the outer world of actions (Frenkel et al, 2010; Green & Thorogood, 2009; Mattingly & Garro, 2000; Reissman, 2008). Illness narratives can also give detailed descriptions of a patient's experience over the course of an illness or treatment.…”

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“…Cross case thematic analysis was used to discern common elements across the narratives and identify emergent themes (Frenkel et al, 2010; Mattingly & Garro, 2000). Initially, three researchers individually read all the narrative accounts and independently made summary statements.…”

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Exceptional patients: Narratives of connections

2013

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“…Active participation in treatment, such as choosing treatment options, seems to be another predictor of longer survival of cancer patients. 57 Homoeopathy, however, is thought to act on the whole organism, 31,58,59 that is, evenly on the nervous, hormonal and cellular systems. 60 Taken in whole, these data suggest a CAM-mediated or -modulated positive neuroimmunologic processes that may affect the growth and propagation of cancer.…”

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Homoeopathy in Cancer Pain Palliation and End of Life with Future Perspectives

Sachdeva

Dey

2019

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Pain is a common companion of people receiving palliative care in cancer and at the end of life. Cancer pain is multifactorial and complex. Its impact can be devastating, with increased morbidity and poor quality of life, if not treated adequately. Cancer pain management is a challenging task both due to disease process and due to treatment-related side effects; therefore, it requires a holistic approach which can be covered by homoeopathic remedies. The purpose of this article is to enlighten the scope and future perspective of homoeopathy in pain palliative care and at the end of life. This article summarises the need of multidimensional approach towards the cancer pain palliation and at the end of life in which homoeopathy may play a key role of supportive care. Homoeopathy may become a valuable treatment in palliative care to provide relief and comfort to the dying patient, and therefore the fear of death may reduce and the family may be better prepared for the bereavement. Homoeopathy can well integrate with standard oncologic cares to improve patient outcome including symptom burden, quality of life and end-of-life outcomes, all achieved with low associated costs.

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Activism among exceptional patients with cancer

Abstract: In this study, we found that activism was a major theme that was independently observed in both Israel and the U.S.A. This has implications for health care providers to facilitate patient engagement in the care and treatment of their disease. Further research on this phenomenon is needed.

Cited by 12 publications

References 21 publications

“Genes of Happiness and Well Being” in the Context of Search Activity Concept

“Genes of Happiness and Well Being” in the Context of Search Activity Concept

Exceptional patients: Narratives of connections

Homoeopathy in Cancer Pain Palliation and End of Life with Future Perspectives

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