Lived female experience of chronic bladder cancer: a phenomenologic case study.
The purpose of this phenomenologic case study was to disclose the lived experiences of a woman survivor of invasive bladder cancer who underwent reconstructive surgery resulting in re-established urinary continence. Data revealed the chronic nature of managing reestablished urinary continence, the uncertainty of long-term survival, and the complexity of the sudden loss of urinary continence.
Hilton
Edith L
EL
Illinois Pain Institute Limited, Elgin, IL, USA.
Henderson
Lesley J
LJ
D000203:Activities of Daily Living; D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D015653:Cystectomy / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000523:psychology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D024802:Nurse's Role; D015404:Nursing Methodology Research; D012649:Self Concept; D012944:Social Support; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D017741:Survivors / Q000523:psychology*; D001749:Urinary Bladder Neoplasms / Q000150:complications / Q000523:psychology* / Q000628:therapy; D014549:Urinary Incontinence / Q000209:etiology / Q000523:psychology; D014930:Women / Q000523:psychology*