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Resilience among older adults with cancer and the importance of social support and spirituality-faith — "I don't have time to die"
Author(s)	Marty Pentz
Journal title	Journal of Gerontological Social Work, vol 44, nos 3/4, 2005
Pages	pp 3-22
Source	http://www.tandfonline.com
Keywords	Cancer ; Adjustment ; Attitude ; Spiritual characteristics [elderly] ; Faith ; Social workers ; Social surveys ; United States of America.
Annotation	In the US, some 3.1 million males and 2.3 million females aged 65+ became ill with cancer in 2000. This study investigates the psychological experience of the older person with cancer to enable social workers to better serve this population. 13 older people with cancer were interviewed in depth along with a focus group of three oncology social workers. The older people in this study were mostly resilient and full of life, despite the possible devastation of cancer. Two themes are discussed in this article: social support; and spirituality-faith (belief in God, hope, and helping others). Practice applications are discussed in relation to working with resilient and non-resilient older people with cancer. (RH).
Accession Number	CPA-070110001 A
Classmark	CK: DR: DP: EX: EX5: QR: 3F: 7T
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