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Cancer survivorship: existential suffering
Venke Ueland1, Elin Dysvik2, Jessica Hemberg3
1Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Stavanger, University of Stavanger, Stavanger, Norway.
Purpose:
This study aimed to explore and describe existential experiences after cancer treatment.
Method:
An exploratory phenomenological hermeneutical design was used following in-depth interviews with 21 people.
Results:
The study revealed experiences of multifaceted suffering in the form of limitations in everyday life, inner struggles, and bearing the burden alone.
Conclusions:
Existential suffering after cancer treatment was revealed as like being in a process of transition, in an intermediate state, as moving between suffering and enduring, and alternating between alienworld and homeworld. A new and broader professional perspective is needed to establish rehabilitation services based on multifaceted experiences of suffering. This means a shift in focus from biomedical symptoms towards understanding of existential meaning for the person.
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