The paper begins with a description of an existential-anthropological classification of
different types of suffering. These classifications are then deepened through an elaboration …

Beyond the pain of treatment and the many side effects that follow, cancer commonly causes
existential suffering. 1 Existential suffering is in this study viewed as distinct from the …

The purpose of this research was to understand the lived experience of breast cancer
survivors. The aims were to find out how survivors changed as a result of their illness and …

Existential distress has been recognized as a source of suffering for oncology patients. This
study focusses on existential issues and coping mechanisms of a unique culturally diverse …

In this thesis I set out to explore and develop a definition for quality of life derived from the
perspective of individuals in the final stages of life. Narrative inquiry was used to explore the …

Objective Suffering frequently occurs in the context of chronic and progressive medical
illnesses and emerges with great intensity at end‐of‐life. A review of the literature on …

Purpose Living with and beyond cancer is an increasingly common experience. While
research is uncovering valuable individual experiences of those living with and beyond …

The objective of this study was to understand the factors associated with “passing through
suffering” in terminal illness. We interviewed 19 adults diagnosed with terminal disease in …

Aim To identify, appraise and synthesize the available evidence from qualitative research
exploring the suffering of patients with cancer during their illness trajectories. Design …

Background: Patients' suffering has been increasingly investigated by health-care
researchers especially in the chronically ill. Suffering is viewed as a progressive negative …