Coping Well with Advanced Cancer: A Serial Qualitative Interview Study with Patients and Family Carers.
Catherine WalsheDiane RobertsLynda AppletonLynn CalmanPaul LargeMari Lloyd-WilliamsGunn GrandePublished in: PloS one (2017)
Our findings challenge current models of providing psychological support for those with advanced cancer which focus on professional intervention. It is important to recognise, enable and support peoples' own resources and coping strategies. Peer support may have potential, and could be a patient-centred, cost effective way of managing the needs of a growing population of those living with advanced cancer.