Good Death as Perceived by Cancer Survivors
Keywords:
Good death, Cancer Survivors, PerceivedAbstract
Nowadays, good death is considered as an indicator of palliative care outcomes in different countries. This descriptive research aimed to describe the good death as perceived by cancer survivors. The sample was purposively selected from inclusion criteria and consisted of 335 cancer survivors recruited from Lampang cancer hospital. The research instruments consisted of the Thai version of the Good Death Inventory (GDI). Data were analyzed by using frequency and percentile statistics.
The results found the good death as perceived of research participants who reported ‘absolutely necessary’. The good death attributes perceived as absolutely necessary by the participants were ranked from highest to lowest according to the percentage of participants who deemed them absolutely necessary. The 5 most frequently were as follows: 1) a trusting physician, 2) fighting against the disease until one’s last moment, 3) dying a natural death, 4) having faith, 5) dying without awareness that one is dying. The 5 least frequent were the following 1) not exposing one’s physical and mental weakness to the family, 2) spending enough time with one’s family, 3) seeing people whom one wants to see, 4) knowing what to expect about one’s condition in the future, and 5) not being treated as an object or child.
The research findings depict the perspective of cancer survivors regarding good death attributes. The findings in this study provide data about knowledge of palliative nursing care in order to good death in Thai culture context. This knowledge can be used for further study regarding nursing care for a good death.
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