KMID : 1035120150150020075
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Asian Oncology Nursing 2015 Volume.15 No. 2 p.75 ~ p.88
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An Ethnographic Research on Psychological Experiences of Mothers Caring for their Children with Recurent Cancer
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Kim Seong-Heui
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Abstract
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Purpose: This study was done to explore and have a deeper understanding of psychological experiences of mothers caring for their children with recurrent cancer.
Methods: This paper applied an ethnographic research method. Using maximum variation sampling, the participants consisted of 7 mothers who were caring for their children with recurrent cancer. Data were collected through in-depth informal interviews, participant observation and telephone interviews, and analyzed following Spradley¡¯s methodology.
Results: The mothers¡¯ psychological experiences were organized into one cultural theme, three categories and nine properties. The cultural theme was ¡¯inner growth through adversity¡¯. The three categories were ¡¯daily life dancing on a tightrope¡¯, ¡¯seizing hold of the string of hope¡¯, and ¡¯being matured in life through the child¡¯s pain¡¯.
Conclusion: Supportive and effective nursing intervention must be provided on the basis of a deeper understanding of mothers¡¯ experiences caring for their children with recurrent cancer, so that it could strengthen their inner growth through adversity, and ultimately improve the mothers¡¯ quality of life.
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KEYWORD
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Children, Mothers, Cancer, Recurrence, Qualitative Resech
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