KMID : 0607720050160030270
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Journal of Korean Community Nursing 2005 Volume.16 No. 3 p.270 ~ p.281
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Content Analysis of Difficulties in Families with Terminal Cancer Patients
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Kim Shin-Jeong
Kang Kyung-Ah
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Abstract
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Purpose: The objective of this study was to understand the caring experience of families with terminal cancer patients.
Method: This was designed to be an inductive and descriptive study. Forty-seven families with terminal cancer patients were interviewed in depth and collected data were examined through content analysis.
Result: The main categories of difficulties found in this study were ¡¯¡¯suffering of patient¡¯¡¯, ¡¯¡¯emotional suffering of family¡¯¡¯, ¡¯¡¯bereavement of patient¡¯¡¯, ¡¯¡¯difficulties in coping¡¯¡¯, ¡¯¡¯problems in treatment¡¯¡¯, ¡¯¡¯incurable situation¡¯¡¯, ¡¯¡¯family problems¡¯¡¯, ¡¯¡¯relationship with other people¡¯¡¯, ¡¯¡¯economic problems¡¯¡¯, ¡¯¡¯spiritual problems¡¯¡¯, ¡¯¡¯problems in the future¡¯¡¯, ¡¯¡¯informing patients of their condition¡¯¡¯, ¡¯¡¯preparing death¡¯¡¯, ¡¯¡¯emotional unstability¡¯¡¯, ¡¯¡¯meaninglessness¡¯¡¯, ¡¯¡¯unkindness of medical teams¡¯¡¯, ¡¯¡¯poor environment for treatment¡¯¡¯, ¡¯¡¯difficulties in hospital environment¡¯¡¯ and ¡¯¡¯economic burden¡¯¡¯.
Conclusion: The main point found from this result was that families taking care of terminal cancer patients are suffering emotionally from watching the patients¡¯¡¯ pains and had difficulties in coping with the patients¡¯¡¯ situation and treatment. In addition, they had negative experiences in medical teams¡¯¡¯ attitude and hospital environment. This result can be used as an important guide for nurses to assess families¡¯¡¯ needs in the terminal care setting.
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KEYWORD
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Family, Patient, Cancer, Content analysis
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