Dr Maya Shaha is a senior lecturer at the University of Lausanne, Switzerland. Dr Shaha teaches nursing theory and also supervises students studying at Masters and Doctoral level. Dr Shaha also serves as a scientific collaborator in the Department of Nursing Development of the Inselspital, Bern University Hospital in Switzerland. Dr Carol L. Cox is a Professor Emeritus at City University, London. She has been involved in teaching and research at various universities in the United Kingdom, Norway and the United States of America since 1987. Dr Cox practices as a nurse and instructs students and recent graduates (nursing, medicine, pharmaceutical and physiotherapy) at the Health and Hope Clinic in Pensacola, Florida, USA.

• 1. An Introduction to Theory. Theory formation for practice 2. Phenomenology and Theory Formation, With Reference to Health Care. 3. Existing Theories in Cancer Care 4. Theory of The Omnipresence of Cancer. Including two Concepts Uncertainty and Transitoriness 5. Ethical Dimensions of the Theory. The Omnipresence of Cancer 6. Transitoriness. instrument Development 7. Coping Strategies in Cancer Patients 8. Uncertainty in Cancer Patients 9. Spirituality in Healthcare Provision 10. Epilogue

Dr Maya Shaha is a senior lecturer at the University of Lausanne, Switzerland. Dr Shaha teaches nursing theory and also supervises students studying at Masters and Doctoral level. Dr Shaha also serves as a scientific collaborator in the Department of Nursing Development of the Inselspital, Bern University Hospital in Switzerland. Dr Carol L. Cox is a Professor Emeritus at City University, London. She has been involved in teaching and research at various universities in the United Kingdom, Norway and the United States of America since 1987. Dr Cox practices as a nurse and instructs students and recent graduates (nursing, medicine, pharmaceutical and physiotherapy) at the Health and Hope Clinic in Pensacola, Florida, USA.

• 1. An Introduction to Theory. Theory formation for practice 2. Phenomenology and Theory Formation, With Reference to Health Care. 3. Existing Theories in Cancer Care 4. Theory of The Omnipresence of Cancer. Including two Concepts Uncertainty and Transitoriness 5. Ethical Dimensions of the Theory. The Omnipresence of Cancer 6. Transitoriness. instrument Development 7. Coping Strategies in Cancer Patients 8. Uncertainty in Cancer Patients 9. Spirituality in Healthcare Provision 10. Epilogue

Dr Maya Shaha is a senior lecturer at the University of Lausanne, Switzerland. Dr Shaha teaches nursing theory and also supervises students studying at Masters and Doctoral level. Dr Shaha also serves as a scientific collaborator in the Department of Nursing Development of the Inselspital, Bern University Hospital in Switzerland. Dr Carol L. Cox is a Professor Emeritus at City University, London. She has been involved in teaching and research at various universities in the United Kingdom, Norway and the United States of America since 1987. Dr Cox practices as a nurse and instructs students and recent graduates (nursing, medicine, pharmaceutical and physiotherapy) at the Health and Hope Clinic in Pensacola, Florida, USA.

• 1. An Introduction to Theory. Theory formation for practice 2. Phenomenology and Theory Formation, With Reference to Health Care. 3. Existing Theories in Cancer Care 4. Theory of The Omnipresence of Cancer. Including two Concepts Uncertainty and Transitoriness 5. Ethical Dimensions of the Theory. The Omnipresence of Cancer 6. Transitoriness. instrument Development 7. Coping Strategies in Cancer Patients 8. Uncertainty in Cancer Patients 9. Spirituality in Healthcare Provision 10. Epilogue