Sylvia: beyond labels

Housden, S. (2025) Sylvia: beyond labels. In: Dilemmas and Decision Making in Cancer Care. UNSPECIFIED, pp. 1-18. ISBN 9781041097815

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Abstract

Working as a recently qualified occupational therapist in the oncology outpatient clinic, I find myself with diverse opportunities to undertake assessments and provide interventions, which, depending on prognosis, include supporting patients with equipment to help with self-care tasks, advising on ways to save their energy and combat fatigue during treatment, and exploring ways of maintaining or returning to paid work or other meaningful occupation. There are also opportunities to provide psycho-emotional interventions to support adjustment to changing levels of ability and disability, as well as sometimes working with individuals and their families as they explore more existential questions as part of preparing for their impending death. THEORY: occupational meaning APPROACH: whole person care.

Item Type:	Book Section
Faculty \ School:	Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences > School of Health Sciences
UEA Research Groups:	Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences > Research Groups > Dementia & Complexity in Later Life
Related URLs:	https://www.scopus.com/pages/publication...
Depositing User:	LivePure Connector
Date Deposited:	11 May 2026 10:02
Last Modified:	14 May 2026 09:03
URI:	https://ueaeprints.uea.ac.uk/id/eprint/102937
DOI:	10.4324/9781003651758-1

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