The support that partners or caregivers provide sexual minority women who have cancer: A systematic review.

ABSTRACT:

Rationale

Intimate partners and other informal caregivers provide unpaid tangible, emotional, and decision-making support for patients with cancer, but relatively little research has investigated the cancer experiences of sexual minority women (SMW) with cancer and their partners/caregivers.

Objective

This review addressed 4 central questions: 1) What social support do SMW with cancer receive from partners/caregivers? 2) What effect does cancer have on intimate partnerships or caregiving relationships of SMW with cancer? 3) What effects does cancer have on partners/caregivers of SMW with cancer? 4) What interventions exist to support partners/caregivers of SMW or to strengthen the patient-caregiver relationship?

Method

This systematic review, conducted in 2018 and upd

SUBMITTER: Thompson T 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8171311 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature