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dc.contributor.authorHill, Lynda
dc.contributor.authorGubi, Peter M.
dc.date.accessioned2020-06-05T08:32:09Z
dc.date.available2020-06-05T08:32:09Z
dc.date.issued2020-05-03
dc.identifierhttps://chesterrep.openrepository.com/bitstream/handle/10034/623471/L%20Hill%20%26%20P%20Gubi%20article.pdf?sequence=4
dc.identifier.citationHill, L., & Gubi, P. M. (2022). Factors that may continue to impact a mother’s emotional wellbeing once her child’s treatment for cancer has completed and their implications for ongoing support. Illness, Crisis & Loss, 30(2), 273–293. https://doi.org/10.1177/1054137320919916en_US
dc.identifier.issn1054-1373
dc.identifier.doi10.1177/1054137320919916
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10034/623471
dc.description.abstractThis research explores factors that may continue to impact a mother’s emotional wellbeing once her child’s treatment for cancer has completed. Research indicates that, contrary to a general expectation of experiencing joy as treatment ends, some families experience very mixed emotions, with fear playing a large part, both leading up to treatment completion and, for some, continuing post-treatment. However, there is no literature that explores a mother’s emotional wellbeing after a number of years’ post-treatment. This research is a contribution towards addressing that deficit. Five mothers were interviewed using semi-structured questions to gather data relating to their specific lived experiences. These were analysed using Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis. Results indicate that although end of treatment was longed for, there continues to be much uncertainty and fear post-treatment, and this can continue years after treatment has ended. Mothers described changes within themselves (e.g. new attitudes to living) and a need to adapt to a ‘new normal’. There were elements of grief for the loss of family life with which they were once so familiar. There was also a strong sense of wanting to support others, so that their own experiences weren’t wasted. All participants recognised that further counselling support for themselves would be beneficial.en_US
dc.publisherSAGE Publicationsen_US
dc.relation.urlhttps://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/1054137320919916?journalCode=icla
dc.rightsAttribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International*
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/en_US
dc.subjectMotheren_US
dc.subjectEmotional wellbeingen_US
dc.subjectChildhood canceren_US
dc.subjectTreatment completeden_US
dc.subjectCounsellingen_US
dc.titleFactors that may continue to impact a mother’s emotional wellbeing once her child’s treatment for cancer has completed and their implications for ongoing supporten_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
dc.identifier.eissn1552-6968en_US
dc.contributor.departmentUniversity of Chester; The Joshua Tree Foundationen_US
dc.identifier.journalIllness, Crisis & Lossen_US
or.grant.openaccessYesen_US
rioxxterms.funderUnfundeden_US
rioxxterms.identifier.projectUnfundeden_US
rioxxterms.versionAMen_US
rioxxterms.versionofrecordhttps://doi.org/10.1177/1054137320919916en_US
rioxxterms.licenseref.startdate2020-05-03
rioxxterms.publicationdate2020-05-03
dc.dateAccepted2020-04-01
dc.date.deposited2020-06-05en_US


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