Examining Nursing Students’ Perspectives on Cancer through Metaphors in Turkey
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Kamile Kırca Kırıkkale Üniversitesi, Türkiye
Dr. Öğr. Üyesi Canan KAŞ Kastamonu Üniversitesi, Türkiye
Makale Türü Açık Erişim Özgün Makale (SSCI, AHCI, SCI, SCI-Exp dergilerinde yayınlanan tam makale)
Dergi Adı Journal of Religion and Health (Q1)
Dergi ISSN 0022-4197 Wos Dergi Scopus Dergi
Dergi Tarandığı Indeksler SSCI
Makale Dili Türkçe Basım Tarihi 03-2022
Kabul Tarihi 10-02-2022 Yayınlanma Tarihi 03-03-2022
Cilt / Sayı / Sayfa 61 / 0 / 1451–1468 DOI 10.1007/s10943-022-01529-1
Makale Linki https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/35239085/
Özet
This study was conducted to reveal the perceptions of cancer through metaphors among second-year nursing students. This study utilized descriptive phenomenology, which is a qualitative research design. In order to reveal the metaphors that each nursing student (n = 65) considered for the concept of “cancer,” they were asked to complete the following sentence: “Cancer is like ……, because ……”. In analyzing the data, a content analysis approach comprising coding, the identification of themes, and grouping of data according to codes and themes was used. It was found that the nursing students produced 44 different metaphors. With the groupings made from the students’ perspectives on cancer, categories of “crime/punishment,” “fear/anxiety/pain,” “uncertainty,” “uncontrollability,” and “struggle/hope” were identified. In particular, the students’ metaphors of “test,” “fight,” “unwanted friend,” “love,” “naughty child …
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Examining Nursing Students’ Perspectives on Cancer through Metaphors in Turkey

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