Conquering and coping with the "Big C" : a phenomenological study of exceptional cancer survivorship Young, Carole J. (Carole Joy) 1995, Conquering and coping with the "Big C" : a phenomenological study of exceptional cancer survivorship, Ph.D. thesis, Deakin University. Attached Files Name Description MIMEType Size Downloads Title Conquering and coping with the "Big C" : a phenomenological study of exceptional cancer survivorship Author Young, Carole J. (Carole Joy) Institution Deakin University Faculty Faculty of Health and Behavioural Sciences Degree name Ph.D. Date submitted 1995 Keyword(s) Cancer - Patients - Rehabilitation Cancer - Patients - Personal narratives Summary A study of the healing journeys of cancer survivors. The research questions were: "Do cancer survivors have anything in common?" "Is there such a phenomenon as cancer survivorship?" Ten exceptional survivors were interviewed in depth and their stories were analysed for themes. These themes were Overcoming issues of commitment, challenge, control, caring and confidence. The thesis also explores the issues of obstacles to survivorship. These were couses, costs and controversies. The conclusion is that healing journeys will never be prescriptive but that they will always be possible. Language eng Description of original ix, 378 leaves ; 30 cm. Dewey Decimal Classification 362.196994 Persistent URL http://hdl.handle.net/10536/DRO/DU:30027673 Document type: Thesis Collections: Faculty of Health Higher degree theses (citation only)   Unless expressly stated otherwise, the copyright for items in DRO is owned by the author, with all rights reserved. Versions Version Filter Type Thu, 01 Apr 2010, 16:03:40 EST Mon, 31 Jan 2011, 14:13:31 EST Filtered Full Citation counts:   Cited 0 times in TR Web of Science Cited 0 times in Scopus Search Google Scholar Access Statistics: 278 Abstract Views, 0 File Downloads  -  Detailed Statistics Created: Thu, 01 Apr 2010, 16:03:40 EST

Every reasonable effort has been made to ensure that permission has been obtained for items included in DRO. If you believe that your rights have been infringed by this repository, please contact drosupport@deakin.edu.au.