Category Archive for: "oncology"

Role of religious involvement and spirituality in functioning among African Americans with cancer: testing a mediational model

August 31, 2019 oncology, race

The present study tested a mediational model of the role of religious involvement, spirituality, and physical/emotional functioning in a sample of African American men and women with cancer. [...]
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The Role of Spirituality and Religious Coping in the Quality of Life of Patients with Advanced Cancer Receiving Palliative Radiation Therapy

August 31, 2019 oncology, palliative care, quality of life

Objectives: National palliative care guidelines outline spiritual care as a domain of palliative care, yet patients’ religiousness and/or spirituality (R/S) are underappreciated in the palliative [...]
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The Adolescent and Young Adult with Cancer: State of the Art – Psychosocial Aspects

August 30, 2019 oncology, pediatrics, psychology

Abstract: Adolescents and young adults with cancer are a distinct subgroup of patients within oncology. From the onset of symptoms until the completion of therapy and beyond, they face physical, [...]
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What do adolescents and young adults want from cancer resources? Insights from a Delphi panel of AYA patients

August 30, 2019 oncology, pediatrics

Purpose: Cancer treatment programs and community-based support organizations are increasingly producing information and support resources geared to adolescent and young adult patients (AYAs); [...]
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Understanding the Spiritual and Religious Needs of Young People with Cancer and Their Families to Enhance Holistic Care

August 30, 2019 oncology, pediatrics

Spiritual needs were clustered under the following headings: protection vs autonomy; desire to make a difference; personal issues including loss, privacy, finding a new normal; relationships and [...]
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