Abstract:This study aims to reveal how women diagnosed with breast cancer experience the disease process in the psychosocial context. The participants of the phenomenological designed study consisted of 10 women diagnosed with breast cancer. The findings that were obtained through semi-structured interviews centered around the themes of responses to the disease, coping strategies, sources of social support, and existential reflections. With regards to the responses to the disease, the participants' responses when diagn… Show more
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