Being normal, not vulnerable: case study of a 2-day residential programme for young adults with cancer.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

To identify and describe the outcomes and facilitating processes of participation at 'Find Your Sense of Tumour' (FYSOT), a 2-day residential programme/conference for young people with cancer, from the perspective of professionals attending and patient representatives.

Design

Case study.

Setting

Observation of the 'Find Your Sense of Tumour' over 18s residential programme and face-to-face interviews in hospital and phone interviews.

Participants

Twenty-six participants - 19 professionals from hospitals across the UK who accompanied young people to FYSOT; 3 programme organisers; and 4 young people from the programme steering committee.

Methods

Participant observation and semistructured interviews.

Results

This process evaluation of an ed

SUBMITTER: Martins A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5734408 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature