Finding a reason to keep living when faced with the challenge of losing a child to cancer: an integrative review

Authors

  • Sonia Carreño Moreno Author Universidad Nacional de Colombia
  • Lorena Chaparro Díaz Author Universidad Nacional de Colombia
  • Rocío López Rangel Author Instituto Nacional de Cancerología

Keywords:

palliative care, palliative care at the end of life, neoplasms, pediatrics, nursing

Abstract

The experience of losing a child to cancer represents an emotional burden for the parents with extreme individual, family and social effects that do not end with death. This integrative review is intended to identify key aspects in the experience of losing a child to cancer. The results show a pattern (search for meaning) surrounding six moments in the mourning process These can serve as elements of intervention to accompany parents as they try to cope. It is concluded this pattern is an important phenomenon for the development of palliative care at the end of life and afterwards.

 

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Author Biography

Sonia Carreño Moreno, Universidad Nacional de Colombia

Profesora Tiempo Completo

Facultad Enfermería

Universidad Nacional de Colombia

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Published

2017-03-24

How to Cite

Carreño Moreno, S., Chaparro Díaz, L., & López Rangel, R. (2017). Finding a reason to keep living when faced with the challenge of losing a child to cancer: an integrative review. Persona Y Bioética, 21(1). Retrieved from https://personaybioetica.unisabana.edu.co/index.php/personaybioetica/article/view/6732

Issue

Vol. 21 No. 1 (2017)

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