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2332822

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
1
pubmed:dateCreated
1990-6-5
pubmed:abstractText
Increasingly over the last few decades, persons with cancer are being cured or surviving longer. As a result, the popular press has given more attention to the possibilities for "beating" cancer. The role of personal control in overcoming cancer has been promoted via a heroic formula that includes positive thinking, healing imagery, and personal growth. Empirical support for a psychospiritual influence on cancer illness is tenuous. Nevertheless, the psychological implications of belief in such influence are important in their own right. In this paper, the positive and negative consequences for patients of popular conceptions of the heroic cancer survivor are explored. Clinical and ethical issues related to the health professional's responses to patients' belief in heroic self-healing are discussed, and a rationale is presented for adopting a non-judgmental, person-centered approach.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:issn
0825-8597
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
6
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
32-41
pubmed:dateRevised
2004-11-17
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1990
pubmed:articleTitle
Heroic self-healing and cancer: clinical issues for the health professions.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Psychology, Sunnybrook Medical Centre, North York, Ontario, Canada.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article