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Cancer: The Lived Experience of the Older Adult

Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis (IUPUI) / Half of those who are diagnosed with cancer in any given year are over age 65. Approximately 3.1 million males and 2.3 million females over age 65 became ill with cancer in 2000. The purpose of this study was to investigate the psychosocial experience of the older adult with cancer to enable social workers to better serve this population. It is not clear from previous research whether their lived experience in adapting to cancer is different from that of younger persons. Thirteen older adults with cancer were interviewed in-depth along with a focus group of three oncology social workers.

Identiferoai:union.ndltd.org:IUPUI/oai:scholarworks.iupui.edu:1805/2236
Date05 August 2010
CreatorsPentz, Marty
ContributorsAdamek, Margaret E., Barton, William H., 1949-, Moller, David Wendell, Chang, Valerie Nash
Source SetsIndiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis
Languageen_US
Detected LanguageEnglish

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