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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
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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
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