Cancer: The Lived Experience of the Older Adult

Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis (IUPUI) === Half of those who are diagnosed with cancer in any given year are over age 65. Approximately 3.1 million males and 2.3 million females over age 65 became ill with cancer in 2000. The purpose of this study was to investigate the psychoso...

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Main Author:	Pentz, Marty
Other Authors:	Adamek, Margaret E.
Language:	en_US
Published:	2010
Subjects:	Cancer Elderly Cancer > Patients Cancer > Psychological aspects Older people > Diseases
Online Access:	http://hdl.handle.net/1805/2236

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spelling	ndltd-IUPUI-oai-scholarworks.iupui.edu-1805-22362019-05-10T15:20:58Z Cancer: The Lived Experience of the Older Adult Pentz, Marty Adamek, Margaret E. Barton, William H., 1949- Moller, David Wendell Chang, Valerie Nash Cancer Elderly Cancer -- Patients Cancer -- Psychological aspects Older people -- Diseases Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis (IUPUI) Half of those who are diagnosed with cancer in any given year are over age 65. Approximately 3.1 million males and 2.3 million females over age 65 became ill with cancer in 2000. The purpose of this study was to investigate the psychosocial experience of the older adult with cancer to enable social workers to better serve this population. It is not clear from previous research whether their lived experience in adapting to cancer is different from that of younger persons. Thirteen older adults with cancer were interviewed in-depth along with a focus group of three oncology social workers. 2010-08-05T18:46:41Z 2010-08-05T18:46:41Z 2010-08-05T18:46:41Z http://hdl.handle.net/1805/2236 en_US
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description	Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis (IUPUI) === Half of those who are diagnosed with cancer in any given year are over age 65. Approximately 3.1 million males and 2.3 million females over age 65 became ill with cancer in 2000. The purpose of this study was to investigate the psychosocial experience of the older adult with cancer to enable social workers to better serve this population. It is not clear from previous research whether their lived experience in adapting to cancer is different from that of younger persons. Thirteen older adults with cancer were interviewed in-depth along with a focus group of three oncology social workers.
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Cancer: The Lived Experience of the Older Adult

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