Sexual minority experiences of cancer care : a systematic review

There is a lack of published evidence from within the UK examining the needs of LGB cancer patients. A full systematic review of the worldwide literature was carried out with the aim to ascertain the experiences of sexual minority cancer patients and identify specific needs required.Key databases were searched with a variety of terms relating to the sexual minority cancer experience. Suitable literature was reviewed and references within all articles were search to ensure as inclusive a review as possible. Articles were subject to critical appraisal and scoring using The Support Unit for Research Evidence (SURE 2013) critical appraisal tools to assess eligibility for inclusion within the review. Twenty-five articles were selected for inclusion and were analysed. The papers were categorised into the emerging themes from the literature: Experiences of care (n = 6), Coping and Wellbeing (n = 6), Emotional Support (n = 4), Body Image (n = 3), and Sexual Function (n = 6). The data extraction revealed contrasting views and experiences of LGB individuals' experience of cancer care. Lesbian and gay individuals have different perspectives of cancer care and needs from heterosexuals. Discriminatory attitudes were found to be present in many studies as well as inequalities and gaps within care and support.There is evidence that supports the development of sexual minority specific cancer support groups. Further research of sexual minorities affected by cancer in the UK should be carried out to increase the evidence base and better identify the needs in this cultural group

Quantifying the recruitment challenges with couple-based interventions for cancer: applications to early-stage breast cancer

Despite mounting evidence supporting the use of psychosocial interventions to promote adaptation to cancer, enrolling participants into these interventions is challenging. This is particularly salient for couple-based interventions, and newer, more targeted recruitment strategies to increase enrollment are needed. However, there have been few published empirical studies focused specifically on recruitment–related variables associated with enrollment into these types of interventions. To better understand how to encourage participation in couple-based psychosocial interventions for cancer, we examined facilitating and impeding factors to enrollment into a couple-based intervention for women with early stage breast cancer

Mapping Culture: Rural Circuit Medical Librarians' Information Systems

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Mapping and Storytelling an Information System: An Historical and Ethnographic Case Study of the First Circuit Rider Medical Library Program

350 p.Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2002.The dissertation chapters include: Introduction to the Study; Contextualization and Literature Review; Research Design and Methodology; My Faith Has Seen Me Through: An Interpretive Life and Work History of Jean Antes Pelley; Riding the Circuit: The History of the First Rural Circuit Rider Medical Library Program; Mapping Culture: Knowledge of the Map is the Knowledge of the World from Which It Emerges; and Summary and Conclusions: Storytelling an Information System.U of I OnlyRestricted to the U of I community idenfinitely during batch ingest of legacy ETD

Mapping and Storytelling an Information System: An Historical and Ethnographic Case Study of the First Circuit Rider Medical Library Program

350 p.Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2002.The dissertation chapters include: Introduction to the Study; Contextualization and Literature Review; Research Design and Methodology; My Faith Has Seen Me Through: An Interpretive Life and Work History of Jean Antes Pelley; Riding the Circuit: The History of the First Rural Circuit Rider Medical Library Program; Mapping Culture: Knowledge of the Map is the Knowledge of the World from Which It Emerges; and Summary and Conclusions: Storytelling an Information System.U of I OnlyRestricted to the U of I community idenfinitely during batch ingest of legacy ETD