Decay, Transformation, and Growth: Meaning-Making Processes of Patients With Acute Leukemia Within the First Year After Diagnosis or Relapse.
CONCLUSIONS: Findings of this contextually and methodologically novel study highlight the complex nature of sense-making for patients experiencing AL.
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INTERPRETATION: Nurses can take valuable lessons on how to manage the invisibility of AL, enhance trust in healthcare professionals, address the impact of isolation, and facilitate the making-sense processes of patients in ways that favor their short- and long-term psychosocial adjustment.
PMID: 26906141 [PubMed - in process]
Source: Oncology Nursing Forum - Category: Nursing Authors: Papadopoulou C, Johnston B, Themessl-Huber M Tags: Oncol Nurs Forum Source Type: research
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