2003
DOI: 10.1177/1049732302250721
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The Hidden Suffering Among Breast Cancer Patients: A Qualitative Metasynthesis

Abstract: The aim of this study was to review literature on how the lived experience of breast cancer and suffering was described in nursing/caring literature between 1990 and 2000, and to interpret and discuss the result from the perspective of suffering. The frequent reports of changing courses, called by various names, such as transition, transformation, transcendence, and finding meaning, were found as paths whereby the person regained integrity, balance, and wholeness. When findings were interpreted from the perspe… Show more

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“…The obtained results in this regard are concordant with the prior studies' findings (Landmark et al, 2002;Arman et al, 2003;Ashing et al, 2004;Nausheen and Kamal., 2007).…”
Section: Discussionsupporting
confidence: 83%
“…The obtained results in this regard are concordant with the prior studies' findings (Landmark et al, 2002;Arman et al, 2003;Ashing et al, 2004;Nausheen and Kamal., 2007).…”
Section: Discussionsupporting
confidence: 83%
“…Esto coincide con Oxlad et al, quienes develaron que el cambio de la apariencia física apareció en menor grado con respecto a otros efectos (10,26). Por el contrario, en comparación con otras investigaciones a nivel mundial, la imagen corporal es un fenómeno central (18,20,(27)(28)(29). Es así como en un estudio colombiano las mujeres reportaron verse afligidas por la caída del cabello afectando su autoimagen y sintiéndose avergonzadas (30).…”
Section: Discussionunclassified
“…Otros autores señalan que, debido a la enfermedad, las mujeres comienzan a "vivir el momento", reconocen que en su vida eran adictas al trabajo y comienzan a comprender que cada nuevo día es un regalo (19), lo que también se mostró en nuestro estudio. En una investigación realizada en Suecia se describe que existen signos de salud dentro de la enfermedad identificados como: las mujeres comienzan a ir más lento por la vida, se centran en sí mismas, se mantienen con una mayor apertura en su medioambiente y cambian su perspectiva de vivir en relación con lo que realmente es importante en sus vidas (27).…”
Section: Discussionunclassified
“…Khademi et al (2009) Identified religious background, family and medical team's support from patient, gathering information about disease and physician's advice as effective factors in taking action to treatment and tackling crisis (Khademi et al, 2009). Arman and Rehnsfeldt (2003), in their study, came up with husband and family support as a basic factor in choosing the right way in therapeutic process and compatibility with mastectomy (Arman et al, 2003).…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%