This study investigated memories of childhood leukemia conveyed by survivors belonging to a Latin culture, exploring whether benefit findings was spontaneously reported, as by non-Latin survivors. Three hundred patients previously treated for leukemia were contacted by post/e-mail and asked to write freely about their illness experience. The 106 letters received were analysed for narrative structure and content, according to a grounded theory approach. Participants expressed most of the themes conveyed by childhood cancer survivors in non-Latin countries, and benefit finding was spontaneously reported. To the latter, the usefulness of creating and maintaining personal narratives on cancer experience, sustained by healthcare professionals, is discussed.

Surviving Childhood Leukemia In A Latin Culture : An Explorative Study Based On Young Adults' Written Narratives / L. Zannini, C. Cattaneo, M. Jankovic, G. Masera. - In: JOURNAL OF PSYCHOSOCIAL ONCOLOGY. - ISSN 0734-7332. - 32:5(2014 Jul 02), pp. 576-601. [10.1080/07347332.2014.936648]

Surviving Childhood Leukemia In A Latin Culture : An Explorative Study Based On Young Adults' Written Narratives

L. Zannini;
2014

Abstract

This study investigated memories of childhood leukemia conveyed by survivors belonging to a Latin culture, exploring whether benefit findings was spontaneously reported, as by non-Latin survivors. Three hundred patients previously treated for leukemia were contacted by post/e-mail and asked to write freely about their illness experience. The 106 letters received were analysed for narrative structure and content, according to a grounded theory approach. Participants expressed most of the themes conveyed by childhood cancer survivors in non-Latin countries, and benefit finding was spontaneously reported. To the latter, the usefulness of creating and maintaining personal narratives on cancer experience, sustained by healthcare professionals, is discussed.
benefit finding; childhood leukemia; Latin culture; qualitative study; survivorship; written narrative
Settore M-PED/01 - Pedagogia Generale e Sociale
Settore MED/38 - Pediatria Generale e Specialistica
2-lug-2014
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