'A good ending but not the end': Exploring family preparations surrounding a relative's death and the Afterlife - A qualitative study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Adequate death preparation positively influences families' experience before death and during bereavement. However, how to prepare families in non-Western cultures has received scant attention.

Aim

To explore family caregivers' experiences in preparing for a relative's death in specialist palliative care in Taiwan.

Design

A qualitative study employing reflexive thematic analysis of data collected from semi-structured interviews was conducted.

Setting/participants

Twenty-two family caregivers from seven hospitals participated.

Results

The overarching theme was 'getting everything right to have no regrets between the dead and the living'. We developed two themes to explain preparations for the time surrounding and after the death, including the

SUBMITTER: Liang HJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11613525 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature