2016
DOI: 10.1111/ecc.12523
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The experience of living with advanced-stage cancer: a thematic synthesis of the literature

Abstract: The aim of the study was to understand the experience of people living with advanced-stage cancer through literature. The search included The Cochrane Library, PubMed, PsycInfo, CINAHL and Cuiden. Thirteen studies were included. A qualitative meta-synthesis was conducted. One thread emerged from the thematic synthesis: the desire to live as normally as possible, despite being aware of the proximity of death. Three themes also emerged: "a process that is unique" with its four sub-themes; "support network" and "… Show more

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“…Social relationships provided support and comfort, but also caused sadness, because patients realized they had to leave their loved ones behind. The themes found in our study correspond with findings of previous studies that have used questionnaires and in‐depth interviews . Indeed, rather than providing new themes, the added value of RPs lies in the ability to represent the themes in one single snapshot.…”
Section: Discussionsupporting
confidence: 85%
“…Social relationships provided support and comfort, but also caused sadness, because patients realized they had to leave their loved ones behind. The themes found in our study correspond with findings of previous studies that have used questionnaires and in‐depth interviews . Indeed, rather than providing new themes, the added value of RPs lies in the ability to represent the themes in one single snapshot.…”
Section: Discussionsupporting
confidence: 85%
“…Research studies also explore how patients experience living with advanced stage cancer and the existential challenges concerning living with the disease at the end of life (García‐Rueda, Carvajal Valcárcel, Saracíbar‐Razquin, & Arantzamendi Solabarrieta, ; Henoch, Danielson, Strang, Browall, & Melin‐Johansson, ; Sæteren, Lindström, & Nåden, , ). Research studies describe a perception of the body as a stranger and as an alien.…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Palliative care aims to improve quality of life for patients with life‐limiting illness and their families (Hui et al., ), providing support for patients to live as actively as possible (World Health Organisation, ). The social world of an individual has potential to contribute to, or alleviate, suffering in life‐limiting illness (Garcia‐Rueda, Valcarcel, Saracibar‐Razquin, & Solabarrieta, ). Pain, fatigue and other symptoms can limit opportunities to engage with others, so that declining physical function is paralleled by increasing social restriction (Lloyd, Kendall, Starr, & Murray, ).…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%