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The changing hope trajectory in patients with advanced-stage cancer: a nursing perspective
Judith Brown Sanders1, Julie S Seda, Carl G Kardinal
1Ellis Fischel Cancer Center, Division of Hematology/Medical Oncology, Department of Internal Medicine, School of Medicine at the University of Missouri in Columbia, USA. judithbrownsanders@mchsi.com
Abstract:
As patients with advanced-stage cancer move from the initial diagnosis through treatment, remission, recurrence, and advanced-stage disease, the hope trajectory undergoes a dynamic transformation. By identifying the hope trajectory, nurses can help patients focus on obtainable hope objects while balancing the need to present a realistic prognosis. This, in turn, may help patients find meaning and purpose in advanced-stage cancer and facilitate realistic hope when faced with a life-threatening illness.
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