Breast Cancer Patients' Experience of External-Beam Radiotherapy

Schnur, Julie B.; Ouellette, Suzanne C.; Bovbjerg, Dana H.; Montgomery, Guy H.

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“…As a further example (but I know it may be misleading to single out any particular study from the hundreds in the literature), Schnur, Ouellette, Bovbjerg and Montgomery (2009) tell us that breast cancer patients experience radiotherapy in ways which have as major themes:…”

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William James's “psychologist's fallacy” and contemporary human science research

Ashworth

2009

International Journal of Qualitative Studies on Health and Well

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William James (1950/1890) insisted repeatedly that it was fallacious to assume that the research participant's experience was to be understood in terms of the readily-available categories of the researcher. The psychologist's fallacy (of which all researchers concerned with experience may fall foul, not only psychologists) involves a confusion of the standpoints of the researcher and the researched. The "subjective world" of the research participant must be understood in its own terms. In this paper, I review debates in the history of phenomenology which show the diffi culty of thoroughly incorporating James's insight, and outline some tendencies in contemporary qualitative research which seem to make the error James pointed out:Impoverished account of experience, neglecting the horizon of the lifeworld.• Emphasiz on the • noesis-the mental orientation of the person-and neglect of the noema-the thing that is experienced. Treating a feature which is found in the subjective world of a research participant as an outcome of an "objective • situation".The strongest line of phenomenological thinking which illuminates the issue is Merleau-Ponty's treatment of our embodied membership of the world: "fl esh". This brings out the radicality of the notion of intentionality: collapsing the objective/subjective divide. The world is one's lifeworld; "fl esh of my fl esh".

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Section: Some Qualitative Research Designs Which May Fall Foul Ofmentioning

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William James's “psychologist's fallacy” and contemporary human science research

Ashworth

2009

International Journal of Qualitative Studies on Health and Well

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“…Qualitative studies from the perspective of women with breast cancer who belong to an ethnic minority have included 19 (Lopez-Class et al, 2011) and 23 (Kwok & White, 2014) participants, which suggests that the sample size with 10 participants (Paper II) could be considered small. Research using thematic analysis has included a wide range of participants, from 12-20 (Douglas et al, 2009;Schnur et al, 2009;Schnur et al, 2011a) to 67 (Braun et al, 2013), which might indicate that nine families are a small number although the families consisted of 29 family members (Paper IV). Further, no new data emerged in the later part of the data collection period; rather it seemed as if the issue of interest was thoroughly researched with no reason for further participants to be included (Paper I, II, III & IV).…”

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“…Studies (Schnur et al, 2009;) also reveal that women who receive radiotherapy for breast cancer experience great anxiety before, during and after treatment. The women have concerns about what radiotherapy is, how it works, how they can manage their therapy and what life will be like for them in the future .…”

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“…Another side effect of radiation therapy is the build-up of fatigue, especially towards the end of treatment, and fatigue often compounds the previous tiredness induced by chemotherapy (Courtier et al, 2013;Lipsett et al, 2017). There is some evidence that anxiety before the radiation treatment is associated with higher levels of fatigue during radiation therapy (Courtier et al., 2013), and previous research has shown that many women diagnosed with breast cancer experience anxiety before, during and after their radiation therapy treatment Schnur et al, 2009).The precision and accuracy in radiation therapy technology has developed extensively over the years (Njeh, 2008). Yet, research has shown an increased risk of cardiovascular-related morbidity and mortality in women who have received radiation therapy for breast cancer on the left side (Darby et al, 2013).…”

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“…The radiation is given only when the woman is in the right respiratory phase, in other words, when the chest is as far from the heart as possible Nemoto et al, 2009). There is a need to know how an active participation in radiation therapy, through breathing, is experienced by the women, especially since it is evident that women diagnosed with breast cancer experience increased levels of anxiety in connection with their radiation therapy treatment Schnur et al, 2009). …”

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The Virtual Environment for Radiotherapy Training (VERT) system is a recently available tool for radiation therapy education. The majority of research regarding VERT‐based education is focused on students, with a growing area of research being VERT's role in patient education. Because large differences in educational requirements exist between students and patients, focused resources and subsequent evaluations are necessary to provide solid justification for the unique benefits and challenges posed by VERT in a patient education context. This commentary article examines VERT's role in patient education, with a focus on salient visual features, VERT's ability to address some of the spatial challenges associated with RT patient education and how to combine technology with human care.

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Breast Cancer Patients' Experience of External-Beam Radiotherapy

Cited by 32 publications

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William James's “psychologist's fallacy” and contemporary human science research

William James's “psychologist's fallacy” and contemporary human science research

On a journey for survival : everyday life during radiation therapy from the perspectives of women with breast cancer and their families

Radiation therapy patient education using VERT: combination of technology with human care

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