The Bereavement Experience Following Home-Based Family Caregiving for Persons with Advanced Cancer

Priscilla M. Koop and Vicki R. Strang

Clinical Nursing Research, 2003, vol. 12, issue 2, 127-144

Abstract: The purpose of this qualitative interpretive study was to explore the experience of bereavement following home-based family caregiving for persons with advanced cancer. The research question addressed by this research was: How do family caregivers of patients with advanced cancer perceive the effects of home-based caregiving on their bereavement? Fifteen caregivers were retrospectively interviewed twice after the death of their family member. Caregivers reported both positive (e.g., feelings of accomplishment, improved family relationships) and negative (e.g., haunting images, feelings of failure) outcomes that they attributed to having cared for their family member. Overall, positive outcomes predominated and bereaved family members reported satisfaction with having provided care for their loved one who had died.

Date: 2003
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DOI: 10.1177/1054773803012002002

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