Abstract
This Ph.D. thesis is a collection of articles that form a new area of psychosocial support and rehabilitation in the cancer field. The dissertation seeks to answer the following research question:
How can narrative coaching used in natural surroundings support couples where one has cancer?
Based on current research on coherent patient trajectories, psychosocial rehabilitation for cancer patients and their partners, as well as learning in nature, the Ph.D. project was initiated. The primary focus is to investigate how natural environments can support the effort concerning the quality of life of cancer
patients, from a learning perspective. The dissertation is an intervention study that invents new ways to create and facilitate reflection exercises that can support cancer-affected couples' experience of the quality of life and coherence in the disease process. With natural surroundings as a framework, pedagogical and rehabilitative perspectives link on facilitating a reflective environment for couples who need attention to the quality of life in the relationship undergoing medical cancer treatment.
How can narrative coaching used in natural surroundings support couples where one has cancer?
Based on current research on coherent patient trajectories, psychosocial rehabilitation for cancer patients and their partners, as well as learning in nature, the Ph.D. project was initiated. The primary focus is to investigate how natural environments can support the effort concerning the quality of life of cancer
patients, from a learning perspective. The dissertation is an intervention study that invents new ways to create and facilitate reflection exercises that can support cancer-affected couples' experience of the quality of life and coherence in the disease process. With natural surroundings as a framework, pedagogical and rehabilitative perspectives link on facilitating a reflective environment for couples who need attention to the quality of life in the relationship undergoing medical cancer treatment.
| Translated title of the contribution | Recap - Rehabilitation Aimed at Cancer Patients and Their Partner |
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| Original language | Danish |
| Place of Publication | København |
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| Publisher | Institut for Idræt og Ernæring, Det Natur- og Biovidenskabelige Fakultet, Københavns Universitet |
| Number of pages | 77 |
| ISBN (Print) | 978-87-91-771-72-9 |
| Publication status | Published - 2018 |
Keywords
- Faculty of Science
- Recap
- Rehabilitation
- Psychosocial support
- Cancer patients
- Narrative coaching
- Learning in nature
- Quality of life
