Spiritual Needs of Taiwan's Older Patients With Terminal Cancer

被引：40

作者：

Shih, Fu-Jin ^{[1
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Lin, Hung-Ru

Gau, Meei-Ling

Chen, Ching-Huey

Hsiao, Szu-Mei

Shih, Shaw-Nin

Sheu, Shuh-Jen

机构：

[1] Natl Yang Ming Univ, Sch Nursing, Taipei 112, Taiwan

[2] Natl Yang Ming Univ, Inst Clin & Community Hlth Nursing, Taipei 112, Taiwan

[3] Natl Yang Ming Univ, Dept Nursing, Taipei 112, Taiwan

[4] Natl Yang Ming Univ, Inst Nursing, Taipei 112, Taiwan

来源：

ONCOLOGY NURSING FORUM | 2009年 / 36卷 / 01期

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D O I：

10.1188/09.ONF.E31-E38

中图分类号：

R73 [肿瘤学];

学科分类号：

100214 ;

摘要：

Purpose/Objectives: To explore the core constitutive patterns from the perspective of the older patient with terminal cancer, the major foci of spiritual needs, and professional actions that manifest tangibly as spiritual care. Design: Hermeneutic inquiry. Setting: Two leading teaching hospitals in Taiwan. Sample: 35 older patients with terminal cancer with a life expectancy of three months. Methods: Participatory observation and in-depth interviews were the major data collection strategies. Hermeneutic inquiry was used to disclose, document, and interpret participants' lived experiences. Main Research Variables: The perceptions of older Taiwanese patients with terminal cancer and their particular healthcare needs across various transition stages. Findings: Two constitutive patterns, "caring for the mortal body" and "transcending the worldly being," each with three themes and a related transformational process emerged from the data analysis. Two foci of spiritual needs were discovering patients' concerns about their dying bodies and their worldly being and facilitating the transcendence of the spiritual being from the physical realm. Conclusions: Caring for older Taiwanese patients with terminal cancer and helping them transcend the fear of the unknown when they give up worldly being can produce insights into patients' primary concerns, perceptions, and spiritual needs to help them achieve a "good" death. Implications for Nursing: The knowledge gained in this study and the six major spiritual care actions identified may empower oncology nurse educators to develop culturally valid spiritual care courses. Research-based guidance for nurse clinicians who are taking care of older Taiwanese patients with terminal cancer will be provided.

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