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| Titel: |
Cancer in a Dyadic Context: Older Couples' Negotiation of Ambiguity and Search for Meaning at the End of Life |
| Auteur: |
Gardner, Daniel S. |
| Verschenen in: |
Journal of social work in end-of-life & palliative care |
| Paginering: | Jaargang 4 (2008) nr. 2 pagina's 135-159 |
| Jaar: |
2008-10-10 |
| Inhoud: |
Ambiguity in the dying experience can be a major source of stress for older couples who must often balance the provision of care with respect for autonomy, aggressive treatment with quality-of-life, and individual with dyadic understandings and preferences. This study explores patterns of relationship, support, and communication in married or partnered couples where one partner is diagnosed with advanced and terminal cancer. Thirty-five older spousal/partner dyads participated in focused, semistructured interviews about relational aspects of their illness experiences. Faced with often uncertain and ambiguous circumstances, cancer patients and their partner caregivers describe the individual and dyadic processes that they have engaged in as they approach the end of life. Implications are highlighted for future research and practice with older adult couples at the end of life. |
| Uitgever: |
Routledge |
| Bronbestand: |
Elektronische Wetenschappelijke Tijdschriften |
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