“I worry about Mum dying” Children and their parents’ cancer diagnosis
This thesis explored how children are affected by their parents’ cancer diagnosis. Combining symbolic interactionism and ecological systems theory revealed children were invisible to health professionals and parents were overwhelmed, rendering children undetected and their needs not supported. Child...
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2022
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| author | Alexander, Elise Soyeon |
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| description | This thesis explored how children are affected by their parents’ cancer diagnosis. Combining symbolic interactionism and ecological systems theory revealed children were invisible to health professionals and parents were overwhelmed, rendering children undetected and their needs not supported. Children were worried and distressed due to their inability to comprehend their parents’ diagnosis, needing someone to talk to, and being disconnected from supports. These findings informed the development of the Alexander's Children’s Cancer Communication (ACCC) model. |
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| institution | Curtin University Malaysia |
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| spelling | curtin-20.500.11937-891502024-08-13T00:49:31Z “I worry about Mum dying” Children and their parents’ cancer diagnosis Alexander, Elise Soyeon This thesis explored how children are affected by their parents’ cancer diagnosis. Combining symbolic interactionism and ecological systems theory revealed children were invisible to health professionals and parents were overwhelmed, rendering children undetected and their needs not supported. Children were worried and distressed due to their inability to comprehend their parents’ diagnosis, needing someone to talk to, and being disconnected from supports. These findings informed the development of the Alexander's Children’s Cancer Communication (ACCC) model. 2022 Thesis http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/89150 Curtin University fulltext |
| spellingShingle | Alexander, Elise Soyeon “I worry about Mum dying” Children and their parents’ cancer diagnosis |
| title | “I worry about Mum dying”
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| title_full | “I worry about Mum dying”
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| title_fullStr | “I worry about Mum dying”
Children and their parents’ cancer diagnosis |
| title_full_unstemmed | “I worry about Mum dying”
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| title_short | “I worry about Mum dying”
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| title_sort | “i worry about mum dying”
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| url | http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/89150 |