An Everyday Struggle - Swedish Families' Lived Experiences During a Child's Cancer Treatment
2009 (English)In: Journal of Pediatric Nursing: Nursing Care of Children and Families, ISSN 0882-5963, E-ISSN 1532-8449, Vol. 24, no 5, p. 423-432Article in journal (Refereed) Published
Abstract [en]
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. © 2009 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
Elsevier, 2009. Vol. 24, no 5, p. 423-432
Keywords [en]
Childhood cancer, Family, Lived experience, Nursing
National Category
Medical and Health Sciences
Research subject
Medical sciences
Identifiers
URN: urn:nbn:se:his:diva-7033DOI: 10.1016/j.pedn.2008.01.082PubMedID: 19782901Scopus ID: 2-s2.0-70349280600OAI: oai:DiVA.org:his-7033DiVA, id: diva2:600127
Note
Source: Scopus
2013-01-232013-01-232017-12-06Bibliographically approved