title: 'I'm cured but....': perceptions of illness following treatment.
abstract: The current qualitative research studied representations of illness posttreatment from a heart transplant group, a panic disorder group, and a tic disorder group. All three groups were preoccupied with perceptions about the impact of the illness, perception of self and the perception of how others view the ill person. The heart transplant group seem to adopt an active style of coping compared to the panic disorder group who presented a more passive, anticipatory mode of coping, and the tic group who were preoccupied with control over the perceptions of others. This qualitative information could help optimize adaptation strategies.
authors.affiliation: Fernand-Seguin Research Centre, Montréal, Canada. kieron.oconnor@umontreal.ca
authors.forename: K P
authors.initials: KP
authors.lastname: O'Connor
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Janelle
authors.forename: M-F
authors.initials: MF
authors.lastname: Coutu
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Rouleau
authors.forename: M-J
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Lessard
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Kirouac
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Marchand
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Dupuis
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Turgeon
authors.forename: M-P
authors.initials: MP
authors.lastname: Bélanger
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001294:Attitude to Health; D005260:Female; D016027:Heart Transplantation / Q000523:psychology*; D006801:Humans; D007407:Interviews as Topic; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010361:Patients / Q000523:psychology*; D055815:Young Adult