Titel
Family caregivers' advocacy in voluntary stopping of eating and drinking: A holistic multiple case study
Autor*in
Sabrina Stängle
Institute of Nursing, School of Health Professions, ZHAW Zurich University of Applied Sciences
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Abstract
Aim: To gain insight into the experiences of family caregivers who accompanied a loved one during voluntary stopping of eating and drinking and to identify similarities and differences between cases of voluntary stopping of eating and drinking to develop a conceptual model.
Design: A qualitative holistic multiple case study.
Methods: We conducted narrative interviews with family caregivers (N = 17). We first analysed them inductively within the cases, followed by a cross-case analysis to merge the experiences into a conceptual model.
Results: Family caregivers who could accept their loved one's wish to die stood up for the last will, especially when the cognitive abilities declined. They had to take on the role of an advocate to protect their self-determination from others who tried to interrupt the process. In their advocacy, they found themselves constantly in moral discrepancies. Usually without support, they provided nursing care until death. The subsequent processing phase was characterized by evaluating the dying situation and placing voluntary stopping of eating and drinking in their value scheme.
Stichwort
case studyexperiencesfamily caregiversqualitative studyvoluntary stopping of eating and
drinking
Objekt-Typ
Sprache
Englisch [eng]
Persistent identifier
phaidra.univie.ac.at/o:1654510
Erschienen in
Titel
Nursing Open
Band
9
Ausgabe
1
ISSN
2054-1058
Erscheinungsdatum
2021
Seitenanfang
624
Seitenende
636
Publication
Wiley
Erscheinungsdatum
2021
Zugänglichkeit
Rechteangabe
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