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| Title |
Sharing bad news of a lung cancer diagnosis: understanding through communication privacy management theory
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| Published in |
Psycho-Oncology, November 2015
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| DOI | 10.1002/pon.4024 |
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| Authors |
Nothando Ngwenya, Morag Farquhar, Gail Ewing |
| Abstract |
The aim of this paper is to understand the process of information disclosure and privacy as patients share their news of lung cancer with significant others. Twenty patients with lung cancer and 17 family members/friends accompanying them at diagnosis-giving completed either individual or dyad semi-structured interviews. Initial thematic analysis, then Petronio's Communication Privacy Management theory was used to inform interpretation. Patients described a sense of ownership of the news of their cancer and sought control of how, when and with whom it was shared. Family members expressed a need to follow the patients' rules in sharing this news, which limited their own support systems. Patients and family members had to live within the relational communication boundaries in order to maintain their trusting relationship and avoid potential disruptions. Patients as individuals are strongly interlinked with significant others, which impacts on their experience of disclosing private information. This shapes their psychological processes and outcomes impacting on their illness experience. This should be considered when developing interventions to support patients with sharing bad news. Copyright © 2015 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. |
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The data shown below were collected from the profiles of 4 X users who shared this research output. Click here to find out more about how the information was compiled.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United Kingdom | 2 | 50% |
| Australia | 1 | 25% |
| Unknown | 1 | 25% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 3 | 75% |
| Scientists | 1 | 25% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 52 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Unknown | 52 | 100% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 7 | 13% |
| Student > Master | 7 | 13% |
| Researcher | 6 | 12% |
| Student > Bachelor | 4 | 8% |
| Student > Doctoral Student | 3 | 6% |
| Other | 9 | 17% |
| Unknown | 16 | 31% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Nursing and Health Professions | 8 | 15% |
| Medicine and Dentistry | 7 | 13% |
| Psychology | 6 | 12% |
| Social Sciences | 6 | 12% |
| Business, Management and Accounting | 3 | 6% |
| Other | 6 | 12% |
| Unknown | 16 | 31% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 3. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 23 January 2016.
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#14,275,858
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#1,487
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#190,353
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#23
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