Open AccessExperiences of Adolescents with Cancer Attending a Tertiary Care Cancer Centre: A Thematic Analysis
Author(s) -
Naveen Salins,
Mary Ann Muckaden,
Arunangshu Ghoshal,
Sunita Jadhav
Publication year - 2022
Publication title -
indian journal of palliative care/indian journal of palliative care
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.395
H-Index - 26
eISSN - 1998-3735
pISSN - 0973-1075
DOI - 10.25259/ijpc_24_2022
Subject(s) - medicine , tertiary care , cancer , thematic analysis , family medicine , qualitative research , social science , sociology
Adolescents with cancer experience several psychosocial concerns. Cancer among adolescents contributes to one-fifth of cancers in India. Most of the published empirical literature on adolescents' views about their cancer experience is from high-income countries.The objectives of the study were to explore the experiences of adolescents with cancer in India.