title: Quality of life for women living with a gynecologic cancer.
abstract: The purpose of this research study was to enhance understanding about quality of life from the perspective of women living with a gynecologic cancer. Parse's human becoming theory provided the theoretical perspective and guided the descriptive exploratory methodology that was used. Participants were 14 women diagnosed with a gynecologic cancer. Through analysis-synthesis processes, four themes were identified, which provide the following unified description: Quality of life is treasuring loving expressions while affirming personal worth, as consoling immersions amid torment emerge with expanding fortitude for enduring. The findings suggest implications for quality care that honors persons' experiences.
authors.affiliation: School of Nursing, York University, Toronto, Canada.
authors.forename: F Beryl
authors.initials: FB
authors.lastname: Pilkington
authors.forename: Gail J
authors.initials: GJ
authors.lastname: Mitchell
mesh_terms: D000203:Activities of Daily Living; D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001294:Attitude to Health; D005190:Family / Q000523:psychology; D005239:Fear; D005260:Female; D005833:Genital Neoplasms, Female / Q000451:nursing / Q000523:psychology*; D006040:Goals; D006117:Grief; D006803:Human Development; D006801:Humans; D008016:Life Change Events; D008149:Love; D008875:Middle Aged; D009013:Morale; D015404:Nursing Methodology Research; D009742:Nursing Theory; D036301:Qualitative Research; D011788:Quality of Life / Q000523:psychology*; D012944:Social Support; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires