[[alternative]]The life experience of taking care for children with cancer from East-South Asian immigrant mothers

[[abstract]]本研究的目的在探討東南亞籍新移民母親於照顧癌症子女時的生活經驗。採用現象學的研究方法，藉由半結構式的訪談指引下，以一對一方式進行深度訪談，來進行研究資料的收集。最後再採用調整後Colaizzi（1978）提出的分析方法為分析步驟加以歸類整理。 由八位個案所提供的研究資料中發現，東南亞籍新移民母親於照顧其癌症 子女時的生活經驗可歸納為六個主題，分別是：一、一片空白，擔心失去孩子；二、懷抱希望持續治療並評價治療成效；三、竭盡所能拯救自己的孩子；四、語言、文化的不同，陷於無法有效溝通的困境；五、感激台灣健保福利制度VS婉拒娘家的協助；六、蛻變。期許本研究結果之發現相信將能提供醫護人員在以家庭為中心之概念下，提供照顧癌症病童之東南亞籍新移民母親時的參考依據，並拓展護理人員對這個族群婦女的認識，能進一步了解她們生活世界的想法與經驗。[[abstract]]The purpose for this study is to explore experiences of new immigrant mothers from Southeast Asia when caring their children with cancer. This study obtained information by one-to-one semi-structured interviews with each individual mother. The results was then analyzed with Colaizzi’s (1978) and phenomenological methods. This study was able to formula 6 topics from the information gathered from the 8 new immigrant mothers’ experience. 1. Shocked by the devastating news and fear of losing their child. 2. Patiently awaits for treatment response while holding on to hope. 3. Doing everything in their power to save their child. 4. Confronted by problems due to cultural and language differences.5. Grateful for the establishment of Taiwan National Health Insurance versus refusal of help from their maiden home. 6. Life-changing. Hopefully the findings in this study can broaden our understandings toward new immigrant mothers from Southeast Asia and bring us closer to each other by learning their ways of life and thinking. Under family-centered concept, the findings in this study can also serve as helpful references for our nursing staffs caring together with new immigrant mothers from Southeast Asia for their children with cancer