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Familjens erfarenheter när ett barn får diagnosen cancer: En litteratur studie
University of Gävle, Faculty of Health and Occupational Studies, Department of Health and Caring Sciences.
University of Gävle, Faculty of Health and Occupational Studies, Department of Health and Caring Sciences.
2013 (Swedish)Independent thesis Basic level (degree of Bachelor), 10 credits / 15 HE creditsStudent thesis
Abstract [sv]

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Syftet: att utifrån litteraturen beskriva föräldrars och syskons erfarenheter då ett barn i familjen får diagnosen cancer. Metod: En beskrivande litteraturstudie som baserades på 11 vetenskapliga artiklar med kvalitativ ansats och en vetenskaplig artikel med både kvalitativ och kvantitativ ansats. Litteratursökning genomfördes i databaserna Medline via Pubmed och Cinahl. Huvudresultat: Barnets cancerdiagnos påverkade hela familjen. Föräldrarnas parrelation förändrades, friska syskon kände sig utanför och upplevde förändringar i relationen till det sjuka barnet. Mammorna tog rollen som vårdgivare för det sjuka barnet och papporna ansvarade för hushållet samt resten av syskonskaran. Friska syskon fick ökat ansvar vilket ledde till mognad och självständighet. Föräldrarnas frånvaro ledde till en splittrad familj där friska syskon togs omhand av andra. Både friska syskon och föräldrar kände skuld och hade tankar krig döden. Från diagnos och till behandlingens slut styrde cancern familjen och deras tillvaro. Föräldrarna kände oro men samtidigt ett hopp om framtiden. Slutsats: Ytterligare forskning krävs för att få bättre förståelse och kunskap om friska syskons upplevelser när ett barn får diagnosen cancer. Majoriteten av studierna baseras på föräldrars upplevelser. Det är viktigt att vården anpassas efter hela familjen, för att detta ska bli möjligt krävs att sjuksköterskor har kunskap om hela familjen.

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Aim: To describe parents and siblings experiences when a child in the family is affected by cancer. Method: A descriptive literature study based on 11 scientific articles with a qualitative approach and one article with both a qualitative and quantitative approach. The literature research was made in the databases Medline by Pubmed and Cinahl. Main Results: The child’s cancer diagnose affected the whole family. Parent’s relationship with their spouse changed, health siblings felt like outsiders and experienced a change in their relationship with the sick child. Mothers took on the role as caregiver for the sick child and fathers took care of the household and the rest of the siblings. Healthy siblings were given more responsibility which led to increased maturity and independence. Parent’s absence led to a broken family, where healthy siblings were taken care of by others. Both healthy siblings and parents felt guilt and had thoughts about death. From diagnosis until the end of treatment the families’ life revolved around cancer. The parents were worried but at the same time they had hope for the future. Conclusion: further research is needed to get better understanding and knowledge about healthy siblings’ experiences when a child is diagnosed with cancer. The majority of the studies are based on the experiences of parents. It is important that nursing is adapted after the entire family. If that is to be possible, nurses need knowledge about the whole family.

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2013. , p. 33
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Nursing
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URN: urn:nbn:se:hig:diva-14280Archive number: SSKHk10- 27OAI: oai:DiVA.org:hig-14280DiVA, id: diva2:621743
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Nursing science
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Nursing
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Available from: 2013-05-17 Created: 2013-05-16 Last updated: 2013-05-17Bibliographically approved

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