EXPRESSING DISTRESS IN PATIENTS WITH ADVANCED CANCER

Maura Gabriela Felea, Florin Mitu and Liana RADA Borza
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Maura Gabriela Felea: Gr. T. Popa University of Medicine and Pharmacy of Iasi – Romania, Faculty of Medicine, Ist Medical Department
Florin Mitu: Gr. T. Popa University of Medicine and Pharmacy of Iasi – Romania, Faculty of Medicine, Ist Medical Department, Cardiovascular Rehabilitation Clinic of the Rehabilitation Hospital of Iasi, Romania
Liana RADA Borza: Gr T Popa University of Medicine and Pharmacy of Iasi – Romania, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Preventive and Interdisciplinary Medicine

SEA - Practical Application of Science, 2014, issue 5, 315-318

Abstract: Negative emotions (distress) are recognized as part of the psychological profile of patients diagnosed with advanced stage cancer. However, most patients are not accustomed to verbalize feelings towards their physician, and generally towards family and medical care personnel. The purpose of this paper is to analyze the expression of emotions by patients in advanced stages of cancer, respectively the means by which they get to express emotions. To this respect, we identified the most common types of emotions expressed, or metaphors used by patients to describe their emotions and topics that trigger emotions. Words and phrases most commonly used are in relation to: fear, anxiety, depression, guilt, negligence, concern. They are uttered in order to depict the network created between disclosed emotions and topics on health status, symptoms, adverse effects and therapeutic choice, patient privacy, and social and family issues.

Keywords: Network between emotions and topics; Distress; Advanced stage cancer; Disclosed emotions (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I12 I23 I31 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2014
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