Réflexions sur la spiritualité dans le contexte du diagnostic et du traitement du cancer du sein

Judy Gould, Sue Wilson, Pamela Grassau

Abstract


Dans la première partie d’une étude longitudinale, des femmes étaient invitées à réfléchir sur la signification de la spiritualité au cours de la première année qui faisait suite à leur diagnostic de cancer du sein. Vingt-deux femmes ont été interviewées environ un an après leur diagnostic. Le présent article détaille l’analyse thématique de ces entrevues. Les réponses des participantes reflétaient trois thèmes d’ordre supérieur : la relation avec une puissance supérieure, l’approfondissement du concept de soi et la relation spirituelle avec autrui. Les résultats permettent de mieux comprendre l’incidence (à la fois positive et négative) qu’exerce la spiritualité sur l’expérience du cancer du sein immédiatement après le diagnostic et le traitement. La plupart des participantes à l’étude ont puisé force et soutien dans leur expériences spirituelles. Elles signalaient aussi parfois le sentiment d’aliénation par rapport à Dieu ou celui d’être abandonnées par ce dernier. L’article se termine par une discussion de la façon dont les prestataires de soins en cancérologie peuvent répondre aux besoins spirituels exprimés par les femmes atteintes de cancer.


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