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0000-0003-3510-9113
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Robert Gordon University
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Publisher: Mark Allen Group
Date: 05-1999
DOI: 10.12968/BJCN.1999.4.5.7489
Abstract: Supporting patients with cancer and their family carers in the community setting presents a considerable challenge to healthcare professionals. As more patients with advanced cancer are cared for at home, family carers are assuming greater responsibility for managing a range of physical, emotional and psychological consequences of advanced malignant disease. Pain remains one of the most common and feared symptoms of advanced cancer and it is estimated that two-thirds of patients have pain in the terminal stages of illness. The syringe driver is a useful device for controlling cancer pain for many patients at home. This article explores a range of practical issues relating to the use of the syringe driver in the patient’s home. It is suggested that professional carers need to understand the complex nature of the caring role often assumed by family carers so that they can meet their needs for information and support. Good pain management can be achieved by using the syringe driver to deliver continuous pain-relieving medication but is dependent on collaboration between health professionals, the patient and family carers.
Publisher: Wiley
Date: 23-01-2008
Publisher: Wiley
Date: 21-03-2017
DOI: 10.1111/JOCN.13593
Abstract: To explore the lived experience of the meaning of being diagnosed with multiple sclerosis on the in idual's sense of self. The time leading up to and immediately following the diagnosis of multiple sclerosis has been identified as a time period shrouded by uncertainty and one where in iduals have a heightened desire to seek accurate information and support. The diagnosis brings changes to the way one views the self which has consequences for biographical construction. A hermeneutic phenomenological study. In‐depth qualitative interviews were conducted with 10 people recently diagnosed with multiple sclerosis. The data were analysed using interpretative phenomenological analysis. This study presents the three master themes: the ‘road to diagnosis’, ‘the liminal self’ and ‘learning to live with multiple sclerosis’. The diagnosis of multiple sclerosis may be conceptualised as a ‘threshold moment’ where the in idual's sense of self is disrupted from the former taken‐for‐granted way of being and propose a framework which articulates the transition. The findings highlight the need for healthcare professionals to develop interventions to better support people affected by a new diagnosis of multiple sclerosis. The conceptual framework which has been developed from the data and presented in this study provides a new way of understanding the impact of the diagnosis on the in idual's sense of self when affected by a new diagnosis of multiple sclerosis. This framework can guide healthcare professionals in the provision of supportive care around the time of diagnosis. The findings provide practitioners with a new way of understanding the impact of the diagnosis on the in idual’s sense of self and a framework which can guide them in the provision of supportive care around the time of diagnosis.
Publisher: Wiley
Date: 18-07-2007
Publisher: Wiley
Date: 04-09-2015
DOI: 10.1111/JAN.12758
Abstract: This study explores the experience of the diagnosis of Multiple Sclerosis for the support person and identifies the impact on their lives. At the time of diagnosis, the support person may not be readily identified in a traditional caring role however, the diagnosis itself brings with it the possibility of changes to the roles in the relationship and possible consequences for biographical construction. A hermeneutic phenomenological study. A convenience s le of nine support persons was interviewed between December 2008-March 2010. The data were analysed using interpretative phenomenological analysis. The participants in this study were often not readily identifiable as 'carers' however, the diagnosis of Multiple Sclerosis implied a shift towards a caring role at some point in the future. The uncertainty surrounding the nature and progression of the condition left this identity hanging, incomplete and as such contributed to a liminal way of being. This paper reveals that biographical disruption is not limited to the person diagnosed with Multiple Sclerosis but that the support person also undergoes a transition to their sense of self to that of 'anticipatory carer'. The findings provide insight into the biographical and emotional impact of Multiple Sclerosis on the support persons early in the development of the condition.
Location: United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Location: United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Location: United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
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