Patients with terminal phase cancer - an existential phenomenological view

The aim of this study was to identify and understand, from the existential phenomenology, the events and changes in the being of people with cancer in terminal phase. A qualitative method, by in-depth interviews, was applied,. Three women and a man, all of them patients at the Instituto Cancerológic...

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Autores principales: Liliam Patricia Blair David, Miguel Ángel Cardona Duque
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Publicado: Universidad de San Buenaventura 2008
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spelling oai:doaj.org-article:a030f763f3984f8b9185519341e897d32021-11-25T02:24:21ZPatients with terminal phase cancer - an existential phenomenological view10.21500/20112084.9102011-20842011-7922https://doaj.org/article/a030f763f3984f8b9185519341e897d32008-12-01T00:00:00Zhttps://revistas.usb.edu.co/index.php/IJPR/article/view/910https://doaj.org/toc/2011-2084https://doaj.org/toc/2011-7922The aim of this study was to identify and understand, from the existential phenomenology, the events and changes in the being of people with cancer in terminal phase. A qualitative method, by in-depth interviews, was applied,. Three women and a man, all of them patients at the Instituto Cancerológico of Medellín, were involved in the research. It was found that these people are confronted with death, leading them to become aware of feelings of abandonment, fear, helplessness and solitude. This situation allows changes in the being of these people, as evidenced by the reconstruction of the meaning and sense of its life, and also by generating changes in the relationship with people, and in attitudes toward religion, values, beliefs and creative acts; finally, reconfiguring their choice, decision and responsibility with respect to their existence.Liliam Patricia Blair DavidMiguel Ángel Cardona DuqueUniversidad de San BuenaventuraarticleChangeconfrontationanguishexistentialresponsibilitycancer.PsychologyBF1-990ENESInternational Journal of Psychological Research, Vol 1, Iss 2 (2008)
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topic Change
confrontation
anguish
existential
responsibility
cancer.
Psychology
BF1-990
spellingShingle Change
confrontation
anguish
existential
responsibility
cancer.
Psychology
BF1-990
Liliam Patricia Blair David
Miguel Ángel Cardona Duque
Patients with terminal phase cancer - an existential phenomenological view
description The aim of this study was to identify and understand, from the existential phenomenology, the events and changes in the being of people with cancer in terminal phase. A qualitative method, by in-depth interviews, was applied,. Three women and a man, all of them patients at the Instituto Cancerológico of Medellín, were involved in the research. It was found that these people are confronted with death, leading them to become aware of feelings of abandonment, fear, helplessness and solitude. This situation allows changes in the being of these people, as evidenced by the reconstruction of the meaning and sense of its life, and also by generating changes in the relationship with people, and in attitudes toward religion, values, beliefs and creative acts; finally, reconfiguring their choice, decision and responsibility with respect to their existence.
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author Liliam Patricia Blair David
Miguel Ángel Cardona Duque
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Miguel Ángel Cardona Duque
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title Patients with terminal phase cancer - an existential phenomenological view
title_short Patients with terminal phase cancer - an existential phenomenological view
title_full Patients with terminal phase cancer - an existential phenomenological view
title_fullStr Patients with terminal phase cancer - an existential phenomenological view
title_full_unstemmed Patients with terminal phase cancer - an existential phenomenological view
title_sort patients with terminal phase cancer - an existential phenomenological view
publisher Universidad de San Buenaventura
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