Stuck Moments and Silver-Linings: The Spectrum of Adaptation Among Non-Bereaved and Bereaved Parents of Adolescents and Young Adults With Advanced Cancer.

ABSTRACT:

Context

With advances in treatments that have resulted in children living longer with serious illness, it is essential to understand how parents adapt to changes during the final stages of their child's life or after their child's death.

Objective

To examine the process by which parents adapt to their child's serious illness and death among a group of non-bereaved and bereaved parents of adolescents and young adults (AYAs) with advanced cancer.

Methods

Qualitative study exploring the experiences of parents of AYAs who were being treated for recurrent or refractory advanced cancer (nonbereaved parents) or had died from their disease (bereaved parents) at one large academic center. Participants completed demographic surveys and semi-structured interviews to better under

SUBMITTER: Bogetz J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8464607 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature