Chemotherapy, clocks, and the awareness of death: a quantitative phenomenological study

Following a previous phenomenological study of lived time in ovarian cancer, this research aims to find how the frequency of chemotherapy affects orientation in time (the so-called “chemo-clock”) and the awareness of mortality of service users with various cancers. For this purpose, a variation of a...

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Main Authors: Moskalewicz, Marcin (Author) , Kordel, Piotr (Author) , Wiertlewska-Bielarz, Jadwiga (Author)
Format: Article (Journal)
Language:English
Published: 14 March 2023
In: Frontiers in psychology
Year: 2023, Volume: 14, Pages: 1-7
ISSN:1664-1078
DOI:10.3389/fpsyg.2023.1097928
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Author Notes:Marcin Moskalewicz, Piotr Kordel and Jadwiga Wiertlewska-Bielarz

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