論文ID: 94.22017
This study investigated how Japanese cancer survivors adapt to their bodies and jobs and find meaning in their work while dealing with various mental distresses after a cancer diagnosis. Semi-structured interviews were conducted with 16 working cancer survivors. The analysis of the interviews using the Modified Grounded Theory Approach generated 38 concepts, 12 subcategories, and 3 categories. The process by which cancer survivors found meaning in their work included three stages: “questioning the self,” “restarting life,” and “integration of work and life.” They embarked on a new life journey, determined to live as cancer survivors. Their journey can be described as a process in which cancer survivors seek the meaning of life and work through their cancer experience and foster their life careers while gradually acquiring these meanings.