Past Happiness and Broken Future Horizon of Oncological Patients during Chemotherapy-A Quantitative Exploration of a Phenomenological Hypothesis.

Understanding the impact of cancer on the experience of time is crucial in the context of hope and recovery. This study, a follow-up to a previous qualitative study of ovarian cancer patients - explored two types of such experiences-the memory of past happiness and the limited future planning. A sociodemographic questionnaire with nine questions about the experience of time was used on a convenience sample of 202 patients with various cancers, predominantly women with breast, ovarian, and cervical cancer.

The rhythm of chemotherapy and the felt experience of time: a front-loaded phenomenological retrospective cohort study.

It is well-known that chemotherapy brings about various adverse physical effects such as fatigue, nausea, or vomiting, and that it lowers mental well-being. It is less known that it desynchronizes patients with social environment. This study explores the temporal aspects and challenges of chemotherapy.

Chemotherapy, clocks, and the awareness of death: A quantitative phenomenological study.

Following a previous phenomenological study of lived time in ovarian cancer, this research aims to find how the frequency of chemotherapy affects orientation in time (the so-called "chemo-clock") and the awareness of mortality of service users with various cancers. For this purpose, a variation of a front-loaded phenomenological method that combines scientific hypothesis testing with phenomenological insights of both conceptual and qualitative nature was developed. The study is based on a purposive quota sample of 440 participants representative of the Polish cancer population in terms of sex (m:f ratio 1:1) and age ( > 65 = 61%; > 65 = 53%) and undergoing chemotherapy for at least a month.

Lived time in ovarian cancer - A qualitative phenomenological exploration.

Purpose: To explore lived time of women with ovarian cancer during chemotherapy.

Methods: Consensual qualitative research combined with descriptive phenomenology on a purposive sample of 9 middle-aged women (aged between 33 and 52 years, mean age 41.7) with ovarian cancer undergoing chemotherapy in an outpatient chemo center in a clinical hospital.

"From chemo to chemo"-the temporal paradox of chemotherapy.

Purpose: To uncover the experience of time in women undergoing chemotherapy for ovarian cancer.

Methods: A combination of consensual qualitative research and Giorgi's descriptive phenomenology.

Results: The key phenomenon found and pre-reflectively organizing the patients' experience was the temporal paradox of chemotherapy-a sense of both acceleration and deceleration in between chemotherapy sessions that desynchronizes patients with the time of others.

Determinants of moral attitudes toward stem cells.

Background: The paper presents an analysis of opinions concerning the use of stem cells (SCs), using tools developed in the field of moral psychology.

Objectives: To determine the factors that affect beliefs regarding the status of SCs and to evaluate the impact of these factors. The paper investigated whether factors of a moral nature prevail over the knowledge that makes it possible to use SCs in practice.