An everyday struggle- Swedish families' lived experiences during a child's cancer treatment
Författare
Summary, in English
The aim was to elucidate families' lived experience during a child's cancer treatment. Interviews were conducted with members of 11 affected families. A hermeneutical phenomenological approach was chosen. "Focus on the ill child-An everyday struggle" emerged as an essential theme. The families' lived experience of daily life was described as "feeling drained," "disrupting family life," "feeling locked up and isolated," "retaining normality," "becoming experts," and "changing perspectives." The result indicates that life during a child's cancer treatment is a taxing period and that the entire family is in need of support to ease their burdens.
Publiceringsår
2008
Språk
Engelska
Sidor
423-432
Publikation/Tidskrift/Serie
Journal of Pediatric Nursing: Nursing Care of Children and Families
Volym
24
Issue
5
Dokumenttyp
Artikel i tidskrift
Förlag
Elsevier
Ämne
- Pediatrics
- Nursing
Status
Published
Projekt
- Children with cancer
ISBN/ISSN/Övrigt
- ISSN: 1532-8449