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Adult childhood cancer survivors’ narratives of managing their health: the unexpected and the unresolved

Adult childhood cancer survivors’ narratives of managing their health: the unexpected and the... J Cancer Surviv (2016) 10:711–725 DOI 10.1007/s11764-016-0517-8 Adult childhood cancer survivors’ narratives of managing their health: the unexpected and the unresolved 1 2 3 4 A. Fuchsia Howard & Karen Goddard & Jason Tan de Bibiana & Sheila Pritchard & 5 6 Robert Olson & Arminee Kazanjian Received: 29 September 2015 /Accepted: 18 January 2016 /Published online: 30 January 2016 The Author(s) 2016. This article is published with open access at Springerlink.com Abstract my follow-up care, (3) being proactive about my health, (4) Purpose Currently, 80 % of children diagnosed with cancer stumbling from one problem to the next, and (5) struggling to will be cured. However, many of these survivors go on to find my way. develop long-term health problems or late effects related to Conclusions Variation exists in the ways in which childhood their previous cancer and therapy and require varying degrees cancer survivors frame their health, their perceived signifi- of lifelong follow-up care. The purpose of this study was to cance of health challenges, strategies used to manage health, identify the different ways that adult survivors of childhood interactions with healthcare professionals and the health sys- cancer manage their medical and psychological challenges. tem, and parental http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Journal of Cancer Survivorship: Research and Practice Springer Journals

Adult childhood cancer survivors’ narratives of managing their health: the unexpected and the unresolved

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Springer Journals
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Copyright © 2016 by The Author(s)
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Medicine & Public Health; Public Health; Oncology; Health Promotion and Disease Prevention; Health Informatics; Quality of Life Research; Primary Care Medicine
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1932-2259
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1932-2267
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10.1007/s11764-016-0517-8
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26833205
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J Cancer Surviv (2016) 10:711–725 DOI 10.1007/s11764-016-0517-8 Adult childhood cancer survivors’ narratives of managing their health: the unexpected and the unresolved 1 2 3 4 A. Fuchsia Howard & Karen Goddard & Jason Tan de Bibiana & Sheila Pritchard & 5 6 Robert Olson & Arminee Kazanjian Received: 29 September 2015 /Accepted: 18 January 2016 /Published online: 30 January 2016 The Author(s) 2016. This article is published with open access at Springerlink.com Abstract my follow-up care, (3) being proactive about my health, (4) Purpose Currently, 80 % of children diagnosed with cancer stumbling from one problem to the next, and (5) struggling to will be cured. However, many of these survivors go on to find my way. develop long-term health problems or late effects related to Conclusions Variation exists in the ways in which childhood their previous cancer and therapy and require varying degrees cancer survivors frame their health, their perceived signifi- of lifelong follow-up care. The purpose of this study was to cance of health challenges, strategies used to manage health, identify the different ways that adult survivors of childhood interactions with healthcare professionals and the health sys- cancer manage their medical and psychological challenges. tem, and parental

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