Managing cancer and its intercurrences: the family deciding to seek emergency care for the child

Revista Latino-Americana de Enfermagem

Maira Deguer Misko²  Regina Szylit Bousso¹ 

[1] ,Instituto da Criança

关键词: pediatrics;    family;    oncology nursing;    child;    pediatría;    familia;    enfermería oncológica;    niño;    pediatria;    família;    enfermagem oncológica;    criança;   

DOI  :  10.1590/S0104-11692007000100008

来源: SciELO

【 摘 要 】

This study aimed to understand how the family of a child with cancer manages the illness and its intercurrences at home, and how it makes the decision of taking the child to an emergency care service. Oral History was used as the methodological strategy and data analysis was based on the "Family Management Style Framework". Participants were six mothers between 28 and 47 years old, who were experiencing their child's cancer treatment. The possible need for emergency care is incorporated into the family routine as a resource to manage the illness whenever it goes beyond the mother's capacity to keep control over the symptoms, which is permeated by suffering, derived from the uncertainties this creates. Helping the mother to develop skills to get stronger and reduce the suffering resulting from the situations that generate uncertainties and insecurities in her daily life with the child with cancer is a challenge.

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