Claire E. Balmer
University of Warwick
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Health | 2015
Claire E. Balmer; Frances Griffiths; Janet A. Dunn
Cancer survival is increasing, and many people are living years after cancer treatment. For example, it is predicted that 46 per cent of men and 56 per cent of women diagnosed in 2007 in England and Wales will survive their cancer for 5 years or more. However, ‘survivors’ may be living with significant physical, psychological and social disruption caused by their illness. Furthermore, huge disparities exist in the outcomes for different cancer ‘types’, and there has been little investigation of those living with ‘poor prognostic’ cancers. Our aim was to explore the experience of living after the diagnosis of a poor prognostic cancer. Data were gathered from 30 people via interviews and participants’ own photographs. Our findings suggest that a full ‘recovery’ may be impossible after a cancer diagnosis. Such diagnoses will continue to threaten biographical trajectory and self-identity forever. ‘Returning to normal’ was considered highly important for participants, but a changed normality had to be accepted in which lives were managed carefully and a constant fear of recurrence created liminality and made ‘survivorship’ ambiguous. Experience was often complicated by the social response associated with cancer that hindered communication and increased isolation. Participant-produced photographs, used here for the first time specifically by a sample of people with poor prognosis cancer, proved to be an acceptable data collection method and have added a poignancy and ‘completeness’ to the data that have arguably led to a more comprehensive understanding.
Journal of Advanced Nursing | 2015
Claire E. Balmer; Frances Griffiths; Janet A. Dunn
AIMS To discuss the issues and challenges that may occur when using participant-produced photographs in nursing research. BACKGROUND The place of visual representation in society is increasingly being recognized and there is a growing discussion on the advantages of implementing visual methods, such as photography, in health and illness research. Integrating photographs has much potential for both nurse researchers and participants but it remains a novel method of gathering qualitative data and many aspects have had little consideration in the nursing and medical literature. This paper presents a discussion of some of the issues that may arise when using photographs as data. It draws on examples of the insights and experiences we had when we asked study participants to produce photographs to complement their interviews designed to explore their experience of living after cancer. DESIGN Discussion paper DATA SOURCES This paper is based on our own experiences and supported by literature and theory. IMPLICATIONS FOR NURSING Disseminating this research has prompted much interest from nurses and clinical staff. This paper should highlight some of the factors that may need to be addressed before employing such a novel method, thus ensuring the research process is positive and the outcome relevant for all parties. CONCLUSION Examples are used here to illustrate practical, ethical and philosophical issues around the research plan, creating and interpreting photographic data, confidentiality and copyright and analysing and disseminating photographs produced for research.
Journal of Advanced Nursing | 2014
Claire E. Balmer; Frances Griffiths; Janet A. Dunn
Clinical Oncology | 2014
Janet A. Dunn; Peter Donnelly; Andrea Marshall; Maggie Wilcox; Eila Watson; Annie M. Young; Claire E. Balmer; M. Ramirez; S. Hartup; A Maxwell; Andrew Evans
Maturitas | 2015
Deborah Fenlon; Jo Armes; Janet A. Dunn; Jacqueline Filshie; Myra Hunter; Mei-Lin Ah-See; Adrienne Morgan; Priya Khambhaita; Emma Pennery; Jenifer Sassarini; Annie Young; Andreia Fernandes; Jillian Noble; Susannah Stanway; Claire E. Balmer; Mary Ann Lumsden; Carolyn Morris; Lesley Turner; Felicity Swift
European Journal of Oncology Nursing | 2018
Ameera Abdelrahim; Claire E. Balmer; June Jones; Hisham M. Mehanna; Janet A. Dunn
Ejso | 2016
Ameera Abdelrahim; Claire E. Balmer; Hisham M. Mehanna; June Jones; Janet A. Dunn
Archive | 2015
Claire E. Balmer; Frances Griffiths; Janet A. Dunn
Archive | 2012
Claire E. Balmer; Janet A. Dunn; Frances Griffiths
BMJ | 2012
Claire E. Balmer; Frances Griffiths; Janet A. Dunn