Chronic Cancer: Counseling the Individual Journal Article
| Authors: | Boerger-Knowles, K.; Ridley, T. |
| Article Title: | Chronic Cancer: Counseling the Individual |
| Abstract: | Advances in medicine significantly improved outcomes for many cancer patients, effectively moving it from an acute disease to a more chronic one. Living with a chronic cancer often prompts an existential search for meaning, as multiple losses impact the individual on a personal and familial level. At the same time, these patients must learn to adapt to the functional and relational changes necessitated by their disease. Two theoretical perspectives, meaning-making and family systems, are useful in understanding the experience of patients with chronic cancer and offering psychosocial interventions aimed at improving overall adjustment. © 2014 Copyright Taylor & Francis Group, LLC. |
| Keywords: | psychosocial interventions; adjustment to cancer; therapeutic process; chronic cancer; family systems; meaning-making; psychosocial adjustments |
| Journal Title: | Social Work in Health Care |
| Volume: | 53 |
| Issue: | 1 |
| ISSN: | 0098-1389 |
| Publisher: | Taylor & Francis Group |
| Date Published: | 2014-01-09 |
| Start Page: | 11 |
| End Page: | 30 |
| Language: | English |
| DOI: | 10.1080/00981389.2013.840355 |
| PROVIDER: | scopus |
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| Notes: | Export Date: 3 March 2014 -- CODEN: SWHCD -- Source: Scopus |
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