The Phantom of Death Improving Quality of Life

Vargens, Octavio Muniz da Costa; Berterö, Carina

doi:10.1177/1049909111432450

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“…It is shown in other studies [16,18,19], that the experience of fear and the phantom of death are constantly present, and this was also reported in the analysed blogs.…”

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Young women with breast cancer-using the healing tool; writing blogs

Vargens¹,

Berterö²

2017

Nurs Palliat Care

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Purpose: This qualitative study aims to interpret and describe how young women diagnosed with a breast cancer uses blogs to manage daily life.Methods: 14 blogs written by women diagnosed with breast cancer aged between 25 and 38 years. These blogs were analysed using qualitative thematic analysis.Results: Four themes were identified in the data body illustrating what the women were writing about in their blogs: Experiencing frustration, The fear is bigger than death, Preparing for physical changes, Body and mind are in disharmony. These four themes ended up in a concluding theme: The healing effect of writing a blog. Conclusion:The young women used writing blogs as a healing activity. The writing was a channel for emotions and thoughts, but was also a way of sharing experiences and supporting each other. Their narratives revealed the impact of breast cancer experiences on their personal, familial and social lives. Reading blogs is an activity that could allow healthcare professionals to better understand these women's life situation and needs. Implications for practice:Blogs could become a useful tool for healthcare professionals, relatives, patients and the people around them. By reading blogs, not necessarily commenting on or writing them, there will be a better and deeper understanding about the effects of a cancer diagnosis. Using blogs could facilitate the provision of requested and needed health care activities.

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“…It is shown in other studies [16,18,19], that the experience of fear and the phantom of death are constantly present, and this was also reported in the analysed blogs.…”

Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 72%

Young women with breast cancer-using the healing tool; writing blogs

Vargens¹,

Berterö²

2017

Nurs Palliat Care

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Heideggerian hermeneutic phenomenology as method: modelling analysis through a meta-synthesis of articles on Being-towards-death

Gullick

West

2019

Med Health Care and Philos

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Palliative Care Research – A Systematic Review of foci, designs and methods of research conducted in Sweden between 2007 and 2012

Henoch

Carlander

Holm

et al. 2015

Scandinavian Caring Sciences

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The trend is that Swedish palliative care research has expanded in volume from 2007 to 2012 compared to during the 1970s to 2006, with increasing participation of non-cancer-specific populations. A domination of qualitative approaches and small, cross-sectional studies with few interventions is still characteristic. Still more strategies are needed to expand the knowledge development of palliative care to respond to demographical, epidemiological, therapeutic and healthcare structure changes.

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The Phantom of Death Improving Quality of Life

Cited by 5 publications

References 36 publications

Young women with breast cancer-using the healing tool; writing blogs

Young women with breast cancer-using the healing tool; writing blogs

Heideggerian hermeneutic phenomenology as method: modelling analysis through a meta-synthesis of articles on Being-towards-death

Palliative Care Research – A Systematic Review of foci, designs and methods of research conducted in Sweden between 2007 and 2012

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