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Type: | Journal article |
Title: | Hope, Life, and Death: A Qualitative Analysis of Dying Cancer Patients' Talk About Hope |
Author: | Eliott, J. Olver, I. |
Citation: | Death Studies, 2009; 33(7):609-638 |
Publisher: | Brunner/Mazel Inc |
Issue Date: | 2009 |
ISSN: | 0748-1187 1091-7683 |
Statement of Responsibility: | Jaklin A. Eliott, Ian N. Olver |
Abstract: | Although deemed vital to patient well-being, hope in persons who are terminally ill is often thought to be problematic, particularly when centered on cure. As part of a study on end-of-life decision-making, we asked 28 patients with cancer, believed to be within weeks of their death, to talk about hope. Responses were transcribed and discursively analyzed, with 3 versions of hope, each of which connected hope and life, identified—hope as essential to, and for, life; hope, life, death, and others; and, hope/s changing during (or in) life. Hope for cure was common. Rather than death-denying, patients' hope appeared life-affirming, functioning to value patients, their lives, and connections with others. |
Keywords: | Humans Neoplasms Death Attitude Attitude to Death Emotions Qualitative Research Quality of Life Life Terminally Ill Female Male Interviews as Topic Aspirations, Psychological |
DOI: | 10.1080/07481180903011982 |
Published version: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/07481180903011982 |
Appears in Collections: | Aurora harvest 5 Psychology publications |
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