"Hearing the pupils' voices through my own struggles": A qualitative study of return to work among school counselors who are breast cancer survivors.

ABSTRACT: For breast cancer survivors, returning to work is an important step for their personal, financial, and psycho-social recovery. Returning to work as a school counselor can be particularly challenging because of the demands of their job and stress at work. This qualitative study examines return to work among school counselors who are breast cancer survivors. In-depth, semi-structured interviews were conducted with 28 survivors of breast cancer stages I-III between the ages of 32 and 55, and up to ten years after the completion of chemotherapy. Interviews focused on the discovery of the illness, treatment period, ramifications of the diagnosis on various aspects of life, and implications for work. Using thematic analysis of the data collected, analysis of the findings revealed three key theme

SUBMITTER: Levkovich I 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11086897 | biostudies-literature | 2024

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature