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Cancer in a dyadic context
— older couples' negotiation of ambiguity and search for meaning at the end of life | | Author(s) | Daniel S Gardner |
| Journal title | Journal of Social Work in End-of-life & Palliative Care, vol 4, no 2, 2008 |
| Publisher | Haworth Social Work Practice Press, Binghamton, NY, 2008 |
| Pages | pp 135-159 |
| Source | http://www.tandfonline.com |
| Keywords | Cancer ; Married couples ; Personal relationships ; Spouses as carers ; Social surveys ; United States of America. |
| Annotation | Ambiguity in the dying experience can be a major source of stress for older couples who must often balance the provision of care with respect for autonomy, aggressive treatment with quality of life, and individual and dyadic understandings and preferences. This study explores patterns of relationship support and communication in married or partnered couples where one partner is diagnosed with advanced and terminal cancer. 35 older spousal or partner dyads participated in focused, semi-structured interviews about relational aspects of their illness experiences. Faced with often uncertain and ambiguous circumstances, cancer patients and their partner caregivers describe the individual and dyadic processes that they have engaged in as they approach the end of life. Implications are highlighted for future research and practice with older couples at the end of life. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-090731215 A |
| Classmark | CK: SM: DS: P6:SN: 3F: 7T |
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