Pårörande som deltakar eller tilskodar i terminalomsorga? Ein analyse av variasjoner i den stötte pårörande opplever i terminalfasen frå helse personell
Engelsk titel: Relatives as participants or spectators in terminal care? An analysis of variations of the support given by health professionals as experienced by relatives in the terminal phase
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Författare:
Hynne AB
Språk: Nor
Antal referenser: 29
Dokumenttyp:
Artikel
UI-nummer: 01049910
Sammanfattning
The objective of this article is to
present some of the results obtained
in a study where the relatives
of patients, who died of cancer,
were interviewed. We are aware of
the burdens these relatives experience.
The intention of the study was
to acquire more knowledge of how
healthprofessionals can support the
relatives of patients dying of cancer.
Data were collected by semistructured
interviews of 15 relatives of
patients who died of cancer, in hospital
or in their own homes. The
interviews were audiotaped and
transcribed. Constant comparative
analysis was used to find recurrent
themes.
The results of this study show that
communication with relatives, and
their feeling of being given support,
depends on adequate pain management.
On the other hand the results
also show that the face to face meetings
between relatives and healthprofessionals
are extremely important.
The nature of the meetings
may have major impact on the way
relatives prosess thoughts and feelings
related to serious disease and
death. Care and dialogue instead
of monologue seems to influence
the degree to which the relatives
experience support and obtain the
role of participants instead of spectators
in terminal care.