Palliative Care as the Driving Force for Providing Psychological Comfort to Patients with Cancer: A Hermeneutic Study | Zendy

Naiemeh Seyedfatemi | Zendy; Marjan MardaniHamooleh | Zendy; Leili Borimnejad | Zendy; Mamak Tahmasebi | Zendy

AI Assistant Blog Pricing

Home ZAIA Blog

Open Access

Palliative Care as the Driving Force for Providing Psychological Comfort to Patients with Cancer: A Hermeneutic Study

Author(s) -

Naiemeh Seyedfatemi,

Marjan MardaniHamooleh,

Leili Borimnejad,

Mamak Tahmasebi

Publication year - 2016

Publication title -

iranian journal of cancer prevention

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

eISSN - 2008-2401

pISSN - 2008-2398

DOI - 10.17795/ijcp-4516

Subject(s) - medicine , palliative care , lived experience , interpretative phenomenological analysis , cancer , psychological stress , hermeneutic phenomenology , nursing , qualitative research , psychotherapist , clinical psychology , psychology , social science , sociology

Background: Palliative care is an important part of eective cancer care Objectives: The purpose of our study was to explore the lived experiences of nurses providing psychological palliative care for cancer patients in Iran. Methods: A hermeneutic phenomenological study was performed. We interviewed 11 oncology nurses to understand their lived experiences in cancer wards about psychological palliative care. We employed a seven-stage process of data analysis. Results: One constitutive pattern 'palliative care as the driving force for providing psychological comfort to patients with cancer' and three associated themes, namely 'stress management', 'empathetic behavior', and 'all-embracing outlook', were identified. Conclusions: The findings present better understanding of the lived experiences of oncology nurses in Iran regarding the phenomena under study.

The content you want is available to Zendy users.

Already have an account? Click here to sign in.

Having issues? You can contact us here

Accelerating Research