Experience of Dealing with Moral Responsibility as a Mother with Cancer

This study explored how women with a diagnosis of cancer (lymphoma) deal with moral concerns related to their responsibility as parents. Ten women with cancer and who had children living at home were interviewed. The interviews were analysed according to the constant comparative method used in groun...

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Κύριοι συγγραφείς: Elmberger, Eva (Συγγραφέας) ; Bolund, Christina (Συγγραφέας) ; Lützén, Kim (Συγγραφέας)
Τύπος μέσου: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Άρθρο
Γλώσσα:Αγγλικά
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Έκδοση: Sage 2005
Στο/Στη: Nursing ethics
Έτος: 2005, Τόμος: 12, Τεύχος: 3, Σελίδες: 253-262
Άλλες λέξεις-κλειδιά:B redefining mothering
B Moral Responsibility
B responsibility as parent
B Grounded Theory
B ethics of care
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Σύνοψη:This study explored how women with a diagnosis of cancer (lymphoma) deal with moral concerns related to their responsibility as parents. Ten women with cancer and who had children living at home were interviewed. The interviews were analysed according to the constant comparative method used in grounded theory. In order to provide a focus for the analysis, the ethics of care and the concept of mothering were used as sensitizing concepts. The core concept ‘experience of dealing with moral responsibility of being a parent with cancer by redefining oneself as a mother’ was identified. The processes involved were: interrupted mothering; facing the life-threatening illness and children’s reactions; striving to be a good mother; attempting to deal with moral responsibility; and coming to terms with being a mother.
ISSN:1477-0989
Περιλαμβάνει:Enthalten in: Nursing ethics
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1191/0969733005ne787oa