Effective factors on stab wounds in Kermanshah trauma center, Iran

Mosafa, F; Momeni, Mohamadsmaiel; Ghafari, Parviz; Mohseni, Gholamreza

doi:10.15412/j.jbtw.01020301

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“…[ 42 46 ] After these values and credits disappear, the person thinks that he or she has not achieved his or her goals yet and he or she is faced with the fear of failing to meet the demands of life. [ 47 ] Bruce et al . also state in their study that when people are faced with cancer they feel futility.…”

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Getting out or remaining in the cage of inauthentic self: The meaning of existential challenges in patients' with cancer

Khoshnood¹,

Iranmanesh²,

Rayyani³

et al. 2018

Indian J Palliat Care

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Context:Cancer as a life-threatening disease develops a range of existential challenges in persons. These challenges cause the patients to encounter some existential questions and tensions. This study method focuses on a person's experience about them.Aims:The aim of this study is to illuminate the meaning of existential challenges in patients with cancer in Iran.Subjects and Methods:A hermeneutic phenomenological approach, influenced by the philosophy of Ricoeur, was used to analyze the experiences of 10 Iranian patients with cancer. Data analysis was based on three stages of simple and fast understanding, structural analysis, and comprehensive understanding.Results:The present study showed that existential challenges in patients with cancer can be considered as getting out or remaining in the cage of inauthentic self. This theme consists of two subthemes “Being exposed to the light of awareness that revealed the cage of inauthentic self” and “The tension between getting out of the cage or remaining.” First, being exposed to the light of awareness revealed the cage of inauthentic self which subjectively refers to the emergence of existential questions, the past, the fear of future, and the collapse of physical body identity. Second, the tension between getting out of the cage or still staying which is characterized by anger, denial, sense of loneliness, and depression.Conclusions:According to the results of this qualitative study, it is possible to form discussion groups with peers or have self-reflective practice teaching groups to reflect patients' questions and existential challenges. In this way, participants can express themselves, share their experiences, challenges, learn, and find the answers.

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confidence: 99%