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In the United States, more than 1 million people are living with cancer. Another half million have died from liver cancer since the beginning of the hepatitis C epidemic. The prevalence of hepatitis C has increased among men, especially among Hispanic men. A larger proportion of Hispanic men are uninsured compared with non-Hispanic men. Treatment of hepatitis has increased the life expectancy of patients; however, it requires more than 90% adherence to expensive medications for life. Treatment fatigue has been linked to patients dropping out of care. No studies have been published that explore the experience of treatment fatigue from the perspectives of uninsured Hispanic men with hepatitis C. This phenomenological study seeks to explore the lived experience of treatment fatigue in hepatitis C infection among uninsured Hispanic men. what is the purpose of this research study