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Reflecting on meaning in an existential-reorientation group psychotherapy approach for cancer patients: A qualitative thematic analysis.

Luigi GrassiSilvana SabatoRosangela CarusoElisa TibertoSilvia De PadovaFederica RuffilliFederica FolesaniMaria Giulia NanniBelvederi Murri MartinoLuigi ZerbinatiInes Testoni
Published in: Palliative & supportive care (2021)
The study confirmed that a short group intervention, based on the existentially oriented framework and delivered in a public clinical healthcare setting, was enriched by focusing on the personal meaning of cancer. Some themes, such as loneliness, nostalgia, and rebirth, emerged during reflection giving, in written letters to participants, the sense of the group therapeutic experience.
Keyphrases
  • healthcare
  • randomized controlled trial
  • advanced cancer
  • mental health
  • emergency department
  • palliative care
  • social support
  • childhood cancer
  • data analysis