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KMID : 0613620190390020291
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Health Social Welfare Review
2019 Volume.39 No. 2 p.291 ~ p.331
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Bereavement Service Needs among Mothers Who Lost a Child to Cancer
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Kim Min-Ah
Yi Jae-Hee
Jung Dae-Hee
Kim Chan-Kwon
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Abstract
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Parents who lost their child to cancer can experience challenges in various areas of their life. Bereavement support services for these parents, however, are lacking. This study examined the bereavement service needs of bereaved mothers of children and adolescents with cancer. In-depth individual interviews were conducted with 15 bereaved mothers of a child who died before 24 years of age from cancer. Based on thematic analysis of the interviews, we found the following service needs during the end-of-life period and after the death of their child: (a) services improving end-of-life care (preparing for end of life, supporting decisions regarding hospice and palliative care) and (b) services reducing bereaved parents’ psychosocial difficulties after their child’s death (providing psychological therapy and family counseling, promoting support groups and gatherings for bereaved families, developing activities for emotional healing, improving accessible care, supporting bereaved parents’ adjustment in the community). These study findings highlight the need for bereavement support services that hospitals and community-based agencies should address to help bereaved parents handle psychosocial challenges throughout their child’s end-of-life care and after the child’s death.
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KEYWORD
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Children and Adolescents with Cancer, Bereaved Mothers, Grief, Bereavement Support Services, Service Needs
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