Advances in Nursing & Midwifery

چکیده

Abstract

Background and Aim:

have a child, suffering from cancer at the diagnostic stage. So we seldom know anything about this

experience. This study aimed to discover, live experience of kermanian fathers who have a child,

suffering from cancer, at diagnostic stage.

Method:

collected via observation and semi-structured depth interview, with 7 fathers having children under

15 years old. The children were suffering from cancer and they were in ward of infant oncology

department in Afzalipour hospital. Scale for samples sufficiency was saturation of data. After,

recording interviews, data were coded in three stages and were contemporaneously analyzed with

Colaizzi phenomenological method.

Results:

(sadness & feeling of guilt), anxiety (uncertainty).

-Confrontation with cancer diagnosis includes two groups of mechanism as: optimistic mechanisms

like relationship with God, cognitive redefinition) & escape mechanisms like (use of opium, increase

of job commitments as multi jobs & multi shifts)

-Discovery of support sources as: Rooty family and spouse

Conclusion:

their children cancer. In addition, provide oncology nurses, with new insight and knowledge about

holistic and unique cares. Limitations of the study and recommendations for further research and

nursing practice improvement, has been presented.

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