Open Access‘Living in parallel worlds’ – bereaved parents’ experience of family life when a parent with dependent children is at end of life from cancer: A qualitative study
Author(s) -
Cherith Semple,
Eilís McCaughan,
Esther Ruth Beck,
Jeffrey R Hanna
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
palliative medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.989
H-Index - 106
eISSN - 1477-030X
pISSN - 0269-2163
DOI - 10.1177/02692163211001719
Subject(s) - psychosocial , medicine , palliative care , end of life care , qualitative research , family life , psychology , nursing , psychiatry , sociology , history , genealogy , social science
When a parent of dependent children (<18 years old) is at end of life from cancer, this has a profound impact on the family. Children less prepared for the death of a parent are more susceptive to poorer psychosocial adjustment in later life. There is a lack of understanding from the literature surrounding what support parents require, and how they navigate this end of life experience.