Article
Experiences of individuals receiving an adult diagnosis of Cystic Fibrosis : an interpretative phenomenological analysis
2021-01-01
Abstract excerpt
Cystic fibrosis (CF) is a life-limiting, inherited disorder caused by a faulty gene, which affects many parts of the body, most predominantly the lungs and gut. Currently no cure exists for CF and treatment regimens are intensive and time consuming. CF results in substantial psychosocial sequelae. The salience of disclosure of an individual's CF diagnosis has increased as the average life expectancy has extended....
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- Literature Corpus work
- ef06aa46-3b19-56a4-873f-5d5176d3d3dc
- DOI
- 10.25392/leicester.data.14229236.v1
