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Experiences of Spousal Bereavement in Middle Aged Men

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KMID : 1137220040040020143
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Abstract

Death of spouse is the most heartbreakmg stressful and mevitable tragIc life event In middle aged men who belong to the social middle class and accomplished their occupational success, expenences of spousal bereavement are great shock
The aim of this study was to find out how they overcome their mental and physical pain and to obtain the basic matenals to develop suitable nursing care programs for them
The methodological approach of this study is Giorgi¡¯s phenomenological analysis meanmg unit This method also makes theme focal meaning, situated structural descnption and create general structural description grasped by participator¡¯s expenence through situated structure description
This study performed from November 2002 to May 2004, and participators were four men Data collected through m-depth personal mterviews, which had been tapped and analysed the Giorgi¡¯s method
Fmally, the five focal meamng below have been abstracted
Theme 1 Physical symptom loss of appetite,fatigue, insomma, outbreak of i1lness, weight loss Theme 2 life of spiritless lack of desire. sense of emptiness, unstableness. prosaic life, wandering indifference of appearances. avoidance of meetmg people
Theme 3 life of retrospction reflection for his wife, yearning, gnef, muttering to himself, never-to-be forgotten wife, leading a lonely life
Theme 4 negative emotion reproaching, feeling hurt ¡® marriage of daughter, feeling heavy, getting angry. sexual desire, awareness of his sinfulness, lonelmess
Theme 5 social support and adjustment getting his wife off his mind, curnng favor with children, support and consolation by his daughter-in-law ¡® appreciation for hospice nurse. considering remarriage, taking care of himself. good relation with his children
The resu1t of this study showed that middle aged men bereaved of their wife by cancer need other¡¯s concern And we have to study further to understand their expenence. Until now hospice nursing is concentrated on cancer patients But from now we have to provide their families suitable nursmg care programs to adjust themselves to social life before and after death of patients.
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