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Quality of Life for Women Living with a Gynecologic Cancer

F. Beryl Pilkington, RN; PhD

School of Nursing, York University, Toronto, Canada

Gail J. Mitchell, RN; PhD

School of Nursing, York University, Toronto, Canada

The purpose of this research study was to enhance understanding about quality of life from the perspective of women living with a gynecologic cancer. Parse’s human becoming theory provided the theoretical perspective and guided the descriptive exploratory methodology that was used. Participants were 14 women diagnosed with a gynecologic cancer. Through analysis-synthesis processes, four themes were identified, which provide the following unified description:Quality of life is treasuring loving expressions while affirming personal worth, as consoling immersions amid torment emerge with expanding fortitude for enduring. The findings suggest implications for quality care that honors persons’ experiences.

Key Words: gynecologic cancer • human becoming theory • lived experience • Parse • quality of life

Nursing Science Quarterly, Vol. 17, No. 2, 147-155 (2004)
DOI: 10.1177/0894318404263302
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