Impact of a Resource-based Life Review Intervention on Advanced Cancer Patients

Revie ⊕ is a positive approach centered on the resources and strengths of the patient, and it consists of an intervention that focuses on the individual's life review. Revie ⊕ allows specialist nurses to discuss life events with cancer patients, to identify the significant elements, and to explore how the diagnosis has changed their values and preferences. The intervention is geared toward working with the patient to discover their potential, to identify their strategies for coping with the events of their life, and to thereby accompany them in achieving a better understanding of themselves and what defines their identity. The intervention also allows their concerns surrounding death to be addressed, in addition to providing clarity in regard to the life projects. In the end, as a conclusion to the intervention, the patient is provided a booklet recounting the salient features of their life review along with photographs, quotes, or images.