ABSTARCT: This article presents a reflection derived from the qualitative research called “Meaning of the Diagnosis of Imminent Death for the Patient with Cancer and his/her Family, and its Effects on the Evolution of the Dying Process”, in which a hermeneutical phenomenological approach was used. The reflection is focused on one of the main findings concerning the management and course of the information once it is revealed to the family. Our results show that the diagnosis of imminent death shakes the family structure, generating attitudes such as defensive reactions, a conspiracy of silence, overprotection and excessive compassion. We discuss these reactions and give emphasize to the paradoxes and contradictions implied in the actions th...
Cancer patients' last days’ condition has been described as multiple, multi-faceted and changing sym...
El presente estudio de tipo fenomenológico, cuyo objetivo era comprender el significado de las viven...
A qualitative research about the therapeutic effects of the farewell ritual at the imminence of deat...
ABSTRACT: The article analyze the way facing the appearance of an advanced oncologic disease in one ...
Cancer patients often die with serious unrelieved symptoms causing a distressing death for them and ...
This correlational and descriptive research examined the Quality of the Dying Process (QDP) in cance...
Anticipated grief in family members of patients with oncological diseases is a topic rarely addresse...
One’s attitude toward and fear of death in the nursing field can determine the quality of care that ...
RESUMEN: El presente trabajo tiene como objetivo explorar la experiencia de confrontación con la mue...
OBJECTIVE: Understand the impact of critical-illness news on the experience of family members at an ...
Drawing on the author's professional experience, this paper reflects on three aspects of the relatio...
A qualitative research about the therapeutic effects of the farewell ritual at the imminence of deat...
The mourning is the emotional reaction because of a death. These reactions are universals; affect at...
Aim: A thorough study of the complicated or pathological grief phenomenon and a recapitulation of th...
Cancer is a multisymptomatic disease that affects a large part of the world's population and has bee...
Cancer patients' last days’ condition has been described as multiple, multi-faceted and changing sym...
El presente estudio de tipo fenomenológico, cuyo objetivo era comprender el significado de las viven...
A qualitative research about the therapeutic effects of the farewell ritual at the imminence of deat...
ABSTRACT: The article analyze the way facing the appearance of an advanced oncologic disease in one ...
Cancer patients often die with serious unrelieved symptoms causing a distressing death for them and ...
This correlational and descriptive research examined the Quality of the Dying Process (QDP) in cance...
Anticipated grief in family members of patients with oncological diseases is a topic rarely addresse...
One’s attitude toward and fear of death in the nursing field can determine the quality of care that ...
RESUMEN: El presente trabajo tiene como objetivo explorar la experiencia de confrontación con la mue...
OBJECTIVE: Understand the impact of critical-illness news on the experience of family members at an ...
Drawing on the author's professional experience, this paper reflects on three aspects of the relatio...
A qualitative research about the therapeutic effects of the farewell ritual at the imminence of deat...
The mourning is the emotional reaction because of a death. These reactions are universals; affect at...
Aim: A thorough study of the complicated or pathological grief phenomenon and a recapitulation of th...
Cancer is a multisymptomatic disease that affects a large part of the world's population and has bee...
Cancer patients' last days’ condition has been described as multiple, multi-faceted and changing sym...
El presente estudio de tipo fenomenológico, cuyo objetivo era comprender el significado de las viven...
A qualitative research about the therapeutic effects of the farewell ritual at the imminence of deat...