Hope during somber times: a defining moment.

Autor:	Corn BW; Department of Oncology, Faculty of Medicine, Hebrew University, Jerusalem, Israel., Feldman DB; Department of Counseling Psychology, Santa Clara University, Santa Clara, CA, USA.
Jazyk:	angličtina
Zdroj:	Journal of the National Cancer Institute [J Natl Cancer Inst] 2024 Apr 05; Vol. 116 (4), pp. 494-496.
DOI:	10.1093/jnci/djad270
Abstrakt:	In addition to the diverse educational materials the National Cancer Institute provides to patients, caregivers, and health-care professionals, the NCI maintains an online dictionary that provides concise definitions of terms used in modern oncology. The dictionary is regarded as a valuable data reserve because it is updated frequently and employs language that facilitates comprehension among lay users and professionals alike. In this commentary, we call attention to the absence of the word hope as an entry in this important digital resource. Moreover, we propose not only including the concept of hope in this vital reference text but also basing its meaning on C. R. Snyder's model of "hope theory," which stresses the importance of 3 entities: goals, pathways thinking, and agency. Finally, we argue that hope can be taught as a skill to relevant stakeholders (eg, patients, caregivers, and health-care professionals) through brief workshops that have recently been expanded from in-person encounters to virtual platforms revolving around a user-friendly mobile app called "Hopetimize." (© The Author(s) 2024. Published by Oxford University Press. All rights reserved. For permissions, please email: journals.permissions@oup.com.)
Databáze:	MEDLINE
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