On the Feelings of Pharynx and Larynx Cancer Patients : Focusing on Female Patients

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"This study makes explicit the feelings of female laryngectomees through the qualitative and inductive analysis of interviews with three laryngectomees who participate in a Self Help Group (henceforth, SHG). As a result of the analysis, we have extracted 4 categories with 21 subcategories. The 4 categories identified are `demanding a treatment with proper conviction and assurance through adequate informed consent', `being in agony as a laryngectomee and in the process of acquiring a new voice', `SHG functions as a place for getting emotional support', `not at first accepting the fate of receiving a trying treatment, finding a meaning in life, supported by people around them and by nurses who draw out the self-care abilities in them'. The results of this study suggest that this particular form of nursing care should satisfy the following qualities: the continuous administration of informed consent, high level of understanding of a laryngectomee's agony and struggles for acquiring a new voice, fulfill the role as a liaison with SHG, and provide care support enabling laryngectomees to find a meaning in life."
川崎医療福祉大学の論文