title: Journey of a Woman With Terminal Cervical Cancer.
abstract: When a cervical cancer diagnosis is made during a terminal stage, a woman is faced with many challenges. Although a terminal illness has many negative effects, such as physical pain, scarring, fear, and sexual dysfunction, women may experience a positive impact on their life, such as improved well-being and a greater appreciation of daily life. The individual experience can lead to personal revelations. Sometimes, the diagnosis can even be seen as a blessing. Understanding a personal experience in a real-life context of the terminal stages of disease is important. This story shares the day-to-day journey of a woman living with a terminal illness of cervical cancer.
authors.affiliation: College of Nursing, Valparaiso University, Indiana.
authors.forename: Theresa A
authors.initials: TA
authors.lastname: Kessler
mesh_terms: D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D000328:Adult; D001294:Attitude to Health; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D010361:Patients / Q000523:psychology*; D011788:Quality of Life / Q000523:psychology*; D017741:Survivors / Q000523:psychology*; D002583:Uterine Cervical Neoplasms / Q000523:psychology*
keywords: cervical cancer; diagnosis; terminal illness