Patients with terminal phase cancer - an existential phenomenological view
The aim of this study was to identify and understand, from the existential phenomenology, the events and changes in the being of people with cancer in terminal phase. A qualitative method, by in-depth interviews, was applied,. Three women and a man, all of them patients at the Instituto Cancerológic...
- Autores:
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Blair David, Liliam Patricia
Cardona Duque, Miguel Angel
- Tipo de recurso:
- Fecha de publicación:
- 2008
- Institución:
- Universidad de San Buenaventura
- Repositorio:
- Repositorio USB
- Idioma:
- spa
- OAI Identifier:
- oai:bibliotecadigital.usb.edu.co:10819/6343
- Acceso en línea:
- http://hdl.handle.net/10819/6343
- Palabra clave:
- Change
Confrontation
Anguish
Existential
Responsibility
Cambios
Confrontación
Cuidados Paliativos
Cáncer
Investigación Cualitativa
Fenomenología
Responsabilidad
Angustia
- Rights
- License
- Atribución-NoComercial-SinDerivadas 2.5 Colombia
| Summary: | The aim of this study was to identify and understand, from the existential phenomenology, the events and changes in the being of people with cancer in terminal phase. A qualitative method, by in-depth interviews, was applied,. Three women and a man, all of them patients at the Instituto Cancerológico of Medellín, were involved in the research. It was found that these people are confronted with death, leading them to become aware of feelings of abandonment, fear, helplessness and solitude. This situation allows changes in the being of these people, as evidenced by the reconstruction of the meaning and sense of its life, and also by generating changes in the relationship with people, and in attitudes toward religion, values, beliefs and creative acts; finally, reconfiguring their choice, decision and responsibility with respect to their existence. |
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