TY - JOUR T1 - Coping with Breast Cancer in Newly Diagnosed Women:A Qualitative Study TT - مقابله با سرطان پستان در زنان تازه تشخیص: یک بررسی کیفی JF - ijpcp JO - ijpcp VL - 12 IS - 3 UR - http://ijpcp.iums.ac.ir/article-1-15-en.html Y1 - 2006 SP - 282 EP - 288 KW - Key words: coping KW - breast cancer KW - qualitative study N2 -  AbstractObjectives: The aim of this study was to explore coping with breast cancer in Iranian women. Method: In this qualitative study, 19 patients with breast cancer were interviewed about their coping with receiving the diagnosis of their illness. The interviews were analyzed through content thematic method.Results: The main themes obtained in this study include coping with the disease using a religious approach (acceptance of the disease as God’s willing, seeking spiritual help), thinking about the disease (positive think- ing: hope, positive suggestion, curability of the disease, intentional forget- fulness negative thinking: hopelessness, fear, impaired mental image), accepting the fact of disease (active acceptance: fighting the disease, patience passive acceptance), social and cultural factors effective for coping (reactions of society to the disease, presence of same groups) and support of loved ones. Conclusion: Most strategies for coping with breast cancer in newly diagnosed women is positive and based on fighting with the disease and not to give in. Religious beliefs play a major role.  M3 ER -