Tröst og livstruende sygdom - en differentieret forståelse af betydningsfulde relationer
Engelsk titel: How do terminally ill patients facing death experience comfort? - a differentiated understanding of
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Författare:
Nordestgaard Matthiesen, Helle
;
Delmar, Charlotte
Email: helmat@rm.dk
Språk: Dan
Antal referenser: 27
Dokumenttyp:
Artikel
UI-nummer: 16103317
Sammanfattning
Studies on relations to persons with a life-threatening disease primarily focus on the relational
perspective. But how does the patient experience these relations? Empirical knowledge is lacking on
how comfort from these relations can strengthen dignity and identity. The intention with this article is
to obtain a differentiated understanding of how and to which extent comfort supports patients in their
strive to cope with life and the changes caused by the disease. The project has a qualitative design;
research questions are investigated through individual interviews with six persons with a life-
threatening disease. The qualitative in-depth interview is used to obtain a more detailed insight into
and understanding of how the person with a life-threatening disease faces death. The study revealed
that persons with a life-threatening disease experience four different types of comfort: Active comfort,
comfort as pity, absence of comfort and comfort as a drive to act. The active comfort supports the
identity. Comfort as pity is characterized by sentimentality and clinging. Absence of comfort creates
powerlessness. Comfort as a drive to act transforms problems into universal problems and creates
identity similar to active comfort.