کد مقاله کد نشریه سال انتشار مقاله انگلیسی نسخه تمام متن
3091296 1190352 2006 9 صفحه PDF دانلود رایگان
عنوان انگلیسی مقاله ISI
“My Son Is Still Walking”: Stages of Receptivity to Discussions of Advance Care Planning Among Parents of Sons With Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy
موضوعات مرتبط
علوم زیستی و بیوفناوری علم عصب شناسی علوم اعصاب تکاملی
پیش نمایش صفحه اول مقاله
“My Son Is Still Walking”: Stages of Receptivity to Discussions of Advance Care Planning Among Parents of Sons With Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy
چکیده انگلیسی

Duchenne muscular dystrophy is an inherited progressive neuromuscular disease that generally results in death by early adulthood. Because of its life-threatening nature, discussions of advance care planning are extremely relevant to families with affected children and adolescents. Seventeen parents of sons with Duchenne muscular dystrophy were interviewed about their attitudes, experiences, and the nature of their discussions about these topics. Parents showed a lack of familiarity with and experience communicating about advance care planning. They also discussed opportunities for communication that centered on transitional life events. Parents appeared to vacillate between hope for future treatments, avoidance of emotionally difficult aspects of the disease, and presence with the fullness of life’s experiences. These data suggest a model for future research in which windows of opportunity for discussion may exist as sons are approaching significant transitional milestones and parents are able to see the world through a lens of “presence.”

ناشر
Database: Elsevier - ScienceDirect (ساینس دایرکت)
Journal: Seminars in Pediatric Neurology - Volume 13, Issue 2, June 2006, Pages 132–140
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