Open AccessLike Prisoners in a War Camp
Author(s) -
Celeste R. Phillips,
Joan E. Haase
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
cancer nursing
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.79
H-Index - 76
eISSN - 1538-9804
pISSN - 0162-220X
DOI - 10.1097/ncc.0000000000000653
Subject(s) - psychosocial , feeling , distress , anger , medicine , young adult , resentment , psychology , clinical psychology , psychiatry , developmental psychology , social psychology , politics , political science , law
Adolescent/young adult (AYA) cancer survivors experience greater psychosocial distress than younger or older adults. To address their psychosocial distress, it is important that healthcare providers (HCPs) foster connectedness with AYAs; however, some HCPs' words and behaviors may actually create a sense of disconnectedness with AYAs.