Open AccessFunctional Decline as an Indicator of Ill-Health: A Retrospective Case Study of the Process Leading to Lung Cancer
Author(s) -
Lesleigh Kowalski
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
journal of multidisciplinary healthcare
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 1178-2390
DOI - 10.2147/jmdh.s295498
Subject(s) - lung cancer , medicine , biopsychosocial model , cancer , denial , disease , family medicine , intensive care medicine , psychology , pathology , psychiatry , psychotherapist
Lung cancer claims more lives than any cancer in the world and remains difficult to diagnosis at early stages. Detecting lung cancer is challenging due to nonspecific symptom presentation. Literature was reviewed to consider functional decline as an indicator for ill-health. This study explored the process experienced from recognition in a change of health to receiving a lung cancer diagnosis from a patient's perspective in order to examine this phase through a biopsychosocial lens.