Comprehension and acceptance of the Meaning-Centered Psychotherapy with a Puerto Rican patient diagnosed with advanced cancer: A case study.

Normarie Torres BlascoEida CastroIris Crespo-MartínKarina GonzalezEmely Perez RamirezOlga GarduñoRosario Costas-Muñiz

Published in: Palliative & supportive care (2020)

Additional studies are needed to address cultural themes and to improve the comprehensibility and acceptance of the manual's content and the central MCP concepts. The findings suggest that MCP has the potential of being a feasible form of psychotherapy for Latinx patients suffering from distress, low spiritual well-being, and low self-perceived QOL.

Keyphrases

advanced cancer
palliative care
end stage renal disease
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ejection fraction
chronic kidney disease
prognostic factors
depressive symptoms
mental health
social support
case report
posttraumatic stress disorder
climate change
risk assessment
borderline personality disorder