Exploring Fear of Cancer Recurrence (FCR) in cancer survivors from a medical social work perspective: A qualitative study of medical social workers in South Korea

Fear of Cancer Recurrence (FCR) in cancer survivors has been insufficiently addressed despite its imperativeness in cancer journey. Although several studies have investigated healthcare professionals' experience with FCR in cancer survivors, a medical social work perspective has rarely been ref...

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Asian cultural groups
Biology and Life Sciences
Breast cancer
Cancer
Confidentiality
Content analysis
Data collection
Diseases
Fear
Gastric cancer
Health aspects
Health services
Hospitals
Influence
Intervention
Interviews
Medical personnel
Medical social work
Medical social workers
Medicine and Health Sciences
Oncology
Post traumatic stress disorder
Professionals
Qualitative analysis
Qualitative research
Questionnaires
Relapse
Research methodology
Risk factors
Snowball sampling
Social media
Social Sciences
Social work
Social workers
Survival
Survivor
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Biology and Life Sciences
Breast cancer
Cancer
Confidentiality
Content analysis
Data collection
Diseases
Fear
Gastric cancer
Health aspects
Health services
Hospitals
Influence
Intervention
Interviews
Medical personnel
Medical social work
Medical social workers
Medicine and Health Sciences
Oncology
Post traumatic stress disorder
Professionals
Qualitative analysis
Qualitative research
Questionnaires
Relapse
Research methodology
Risk factors
Snowball sampling
Social media
Social Sciences
Social work
Social workers
Survival
Survivor
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