dc.contributor.advisor | Sanchez, Otto | |
dc.contributor.advisor | Schwind, Jasna | |
dc.contributor.author | Thavakugathasalingam, Megalai | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2017-04-21T16:15:59Z | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2022-03-29T16:56:15Z | |
dc.date.available | 2017-04-21T16:15:59Z | |
dc.date.available | 2022-03-29T16:56:15Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2016-12-01 | |
dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/10155/743 | |
dc.description.abstract | Many childhood cancer survivors experience long-term effects from their illness long
after their treatments are over. In order to more fully understand the impact these effects
have on a young person’s life, there is a need for more patient illness narratives. Using
Connelly and Clandinin’s Narrative Inquiry methodology, I explored the experience of a
young adult survivor of childhood cancer. My co-participant and I engaged in narrative
interviews and creative self-expression activities. To reconstruct and critically examine
the story of her childhood cancer experience, I used two theoretical frameworks,
Erikson’s (1968) Psychosocial Stages of Development and Cellular Memory, based on
Porges’ Polyvagal Theory (1995). The narrative patterns that emerge are: relationships,
identity and the embodied experience. The co-participant’s story is re-presented in a
letter, accompanied by a poem, addressed to healthcare professionals. Implications for
healthcare practice include the need for increased sensitivity to patient’s lived experience
of the illness. More specifically, there is a need for further education of healthcare
professionals on the long-term effects of childhood cancer that include mind-body-spirit. | en |
dc.description.sponsorship | University of Ontario Institute of Technology | en |
dc.language.iso | en | en |
dc.subject | Narrative inquiry | en |
dc.subject | Childhood cancer | en |
dc.subject | Patient illness narrative | en |
dc.title | Reconstructing experience of childhood cancer: a narrative inquiry | en |
dc.type | Thesis | en |
dc.degree.level | Master of Health Sciences (MHSc) | en |
dc.degree.discipline | Community Health | en |