Spiritual crisis and issue of children with cancer: The experience of parents

Borjalilu, Somaieh; Shahidi, Shriar; Mazaheri, Mohammad Ali

Volume 8, Issue 3 (12-2014) 2014, 8(3): 51-60 | Back to browse issues page

‎ 20.1001.1.20080166.1393.8.3.6.1

PMCID: 25080799

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Borjalilu S, Shahidi S, Mazaheri M A. Spiritual crisis and issue of children with cancer: The experience of parents. Journal title 2014; 8 (3) :51-60
URL: http://rph.khu.ac.ir/article-1-2243-en.html

Spiritual crisis and issue of children with cancer: The experience of parents

Somaieh Borjalilu

¹, Shriar Shahidi

, Mohammad Ali Mazaheri

1- , s_borjalilu@sbu.ac.ir

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Cancer is the second leading cause of death in children. It has clinical issue and spiritual crisis. Family is one of the care team who facing with these challenges. This study was done to explore the experiences of parent by children with cancer who facing by this challenge. This study is a phenomenology study with applying content analysis method. 21 participants were interviewed in the Mahak hospital for three months. The obtained data were constantly analyzed through content analysis method. The obtained data were constantly analyzed through content analysis method. Data analysis showed that “philosophy questions, faith and hope, Relationship with nature and play, Love and social support, Express fear and anxiety, and aggression, coping mechanism, hope to future was the main theme or core category of this study. Using a qualitative approach for exploring the experiences of parents with children cancer helped recognize them more profoundly. On the other hand, “philosophy questions, faith and hope and social support” as the theme shows the importance of attention to parents’ problems. So it needs that training should be conducted to empower parents who care children with cancer.

Keywords: Spiritual crisis, children with cancer and parent

Type of Study: Research |
Published: 2014/12/15