Cancer and treatment-related neurocognitive dysfunction (CRND)–impairments in aspects
of cognition commonly including attention and memory, information-processing speed, and
executive functioning–can negatively affect patients' and survivors' participation in routine …

Increasing immigration in the world today leads to more intercultural interactions. This is a
particularly crucial fact in doctor-patient relationships, which often become more complex
and suboptimal within an intercultural context. Since acculturation is a particularly important …

A diagnosis of breast cancer is considered a potential traumatic event associated with
physical and psychological effects. In literature, an exploration of breast cancer experience
in young women is lacking, able to shed light on the narrative processes of meaning-making …

Tumour‐related peer support groups (PSGs) show long‐term development in quality of life
and coping, and decrease distress in cancer care. To clarify channels of social support in
oncologic rehabilitation by combined exercise and psychosocial therapy, individual semi …

The positive outcomes associated with Patient Engagement (PE) have been strongly
supported by the recent literature. However, this concept has been marginally addressed in
the context of cancer. Limited attention has also received the role of informal caregivers in …

Objectives: Adaptive coping strategies are associated with less psychological distress.
However, there is no brief, specific, and validated instrument for assessing adaptive coping
among seriously ill patients. Our objective was to examine the validity and patient-proxy …

The aim of this review was to identify the factors associated with positive experiences in non‐
professional carers of someone with a cancer diagnosis. A systematic search of the
following electronic databases was undertaken: Cochrane Library, CINAHL, Psyc INFO, Soc …

Psychological issues take on great importance in oncology settings from the communication
of the diagnosis to the management of the end-of-life phase (Baider and Surbone, 2014;
Chaturvedi et al., 2014; Grassi et al., 2015). When diagnosed with cancer, about 30% of …

Background: Holistic care addresses the physical, psychological, social, and spiritual
dimensions of the patient in which spiritual dimension plays a pivotal role in patient care.
Objective: The objective of this study is to investigate the association between spiritual …

Breast cancer is a neoplastic process thought to arise from the activation of oncogenes in
mammary stem cells following chronic exposure to adverse settings (eg, high estradiol blood
concentrations). In spite of the acceptance of this notion, psychological studies support the …