Spiritualité et changement de valeurs chez des patients atteints d’un mélanome: une étude qualitative exploratoire

Spirituality as a psychological concept is at the heart of theoretical and methodological discussions and has been of growing interest for health researchers for several years. 19 semi-guided interviews with patients suffering from melanoma were conducted by way of exploration, with a view to studying spirituality and subjective well- being. Analysis of interview content according to stage of disease, as well as an automatic analysis of literal data according to age, gender and stage has been performed. The results, which cannot be generalized, do nevertheless seem to indicate that the appearance of the illness is an event which causes a shift in values and that the spirituality felt at this particular moment is constantly evolving, accord- ing to age and stage of disease. To cite this journal: Psycho- Oncol. 5 (2011).