Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/11499/37117
Title: Becoming a family caregiver of a patient living with cancer
Authors: Serçekuş, Pınar
Keywords: Autoethnographic study
Cancer
Coping
Family caregivers
Nursing
adult
article
cancer patient
cancer staging
care behavior
caregiver
controlled study
cultural value
female
health practitioner
human
male
nurse
occupation
Publisher: MA Healthcare Ltd
Abstract: Background: There is insufficient information on how the burden of caregiving is affected when the family caregiver is a health professional. Studies are needed to investigate this issue. Aims: The purpose of this study was to reveal difficulties experienced by a nurse family caregiver offering care to a family member diagnosed with end-stage cancer and how she coped with these difficulties. Methods: This was an autoethnographic study. Findings: Findings were grouped under three headings: Being both a researcher and a subject; effects of caregiving; and coping. Conclusions: Offering care to a cancer patient has many physiological and psychological effects. If a family caregiver is a health professional, his/her caregiving burden can be even higher. Cultural values affect both life and coping ways of caregivers. It should be kept in mind that family caregivers need support from health professionals whatever their occupations are. Support to caregivers plays an important role in their coping. © 2020 MA Healthcare Ltd. All rights reserved.
URI: https://hdl.handle.net/11499/37117
https://doi.org/10.12968/ijpn.2020.26.5.206
ISSN: 1357-6321
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