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Representations
- f Well-Being
Rebecca Maguire
Department of Psychology 8th February 2018
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How do we make
sense of events?
Complexity
Representations of Well-Being Rebecca Maguire Department of - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
Representations of Well-Being Rebecca Maguire Department of - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
Representations of Well-Being Rebecca Maguire Department of Psychology 8th February 2018 How do we make sense of events? Surprise Complexity Sense making 2 Psycho-Oncology Health Psychology 3 Who matters? Health Prostate Care
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Health Psychology
Psycho-Oncology
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Who matters?
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Patients/ Survivors
Carers
Health Care Workers
Prostate Cancer Colorectal Cancer Head and Neck Cancer
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Factors associated with wellbeing
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Psychological appraisals and representations
Adverse effects
Socio-demographics
Disease severity
Supports available
Treatment
Information given
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Expectations
Illness appraisals
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Representations
Quality of life
Fears Regret
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Future research and collaborations?
Decision making
How can we empower people with illness/disability to make well informed and satisfying decisions? Explore barriers to decision making Role of health literacy
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rebecca.maguire@mu.ie