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Meaning of life after cancer: An existential-phenomenological approach to female cancer survival
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Cancer survivors actively construct their lives and the meaning of cancer to better understand
the process of adjustment following the disease. The aim of this study was to understand the
significance of lived relations (relationality) for cancer survivorship. The methodology used
was a qualitative, phenomenological lifeworld perspective focused on the stories of the
participants' lived experiences as gynecological cancer survivors. Data was collected through
semi-structured interviews of ten female cancer survivors. A phenomenological hermeneutic
method was used to interpret the transcribed interviews. The findings revealed three main
themes: mediation between the subject and the world, between subjects, and between the
subject and herself. Survivorship can be best attained when individual strengths are the focus
of intervention and help guide positive outcomes. Health practitioners should be aware of the
potential for positive changes in their patients following trauma and adversity.
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Women's Studies International Forum, 40, 132-143