癌症病人生命意義之研究

The Study of Cancer Patient's Meaning of Life

陳珍德(Jen-De Chen) ； 程小蘋(Hsiao-Ping Cheng)

《彰化師大輔導學報》 23期 (2002/06) Pp. 1-48

https://doi.org/10.7040/GJ.200206.0001

摘要

本研究旨在探究癌病人對於生命意義的看法及其影響因素，利用深度訪談法，訪問十六位癌症病人，採開放式編碼分析資料。研究結果之呈現，在生命意義方面，分由生命意義、生存理由、生存目標、受苦意義、及死亡觀點予以說明；其後報導疾病對於病患生命意義造成的改變，含價值觀與生活態度兩方面。至於影響生命意義之因素則分別就「與疾病有關之因素」和「與個人有關之因素」兩角度報告。最後根據研究結果，對輔導及臨終關懷工作者提出具體建議。

關鍵字

癌症病人 ； 生命意義

並列摘要

The purposes of the study are to explore the cancer patients’ meaning of life as well as their effecting factors. The in-depth interview was conducted with 16 patients. Data analysis followed the open-coding system. The research findings are presented in three areas; The first part is the content of life’s meaning which further is divided into the meaning of life, the reasons to live, the goal of life, the meaning of suffering, and the meaning of death. The second part of finding refers to the change of life meaning after getting sick. It contains changes in the value system and their attitudes toward life. The third part explores the factors which influencing the meaning of life. Results are discussed and suggestions are provided which counselors and hospice staffs carry out for enhancing the level of cancer patients’ meaning of life.

並列關鍵字

Cencer patients ； Meaning of life

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