Engelsk titel: Being ill with breast cancer
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Författare:
Kovero C
Email: camilla.kovero@helsinki.fi
Språk: Swe
Antal referenser: 28
Dokumenttyp:
Artikel
UI-nummer: 02103733
Sammanfattning
Breast cancer is the most usual
kind of cancer in Finland. Yearly
about 3200 women will be diagnosed
with breast cancer. The
aims of this study was to clarify
how women in Finland experience
the diagnostic process, the
operation, the interaction with
the health professionals and the
information they get while getting
ill with breast cancer. It also
addresses in which way the interaction
and information to these
patients are a challenge for the
health professionals.
Data was gathered from interviews
with eighteen women who
had undergone a breast reconstruction
operation at one of the
Helsinki University Hospitals.
Seven of the women got their
diagnosis in the 1980`s and eleven
in the 90`s, the average age
of the women was at the time of
the diagnosis 42 year. A qualitative
and phenomenological
approach was used and data were
collected by interviews and analyzed
by qualitative content analyses.
The results show how serious illness
causes strong psychological
stress. Uncertainty, waiting and
failed contacts with doctors and
nurses worsen this stress. The
results are discussed with regard
to how the different experiences
affect the emotions and the
appraisal of the stress-situation.
In conclusion possible ways of
informing the patients in order to
promote the understanding and
the coping resources of the patient
are discussed.