Reactions by Patients with Terminal Lung Cancer Who Received Foot-Reflexology Sessions and Remarks by her Partner Attending the Sessions

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  • フットリフレクソロジーによる終末期肺がん患者の反応と同席した配偶者の語り
  • フットリフレクソロジー ニ ヨル シュウマツキ ハイ ガン カンジャ ノ ハンノウ ト ドウセキ シタ ハイグウシャ ノ カタリ

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The terminal lung cancer patient who was accompanied by her partner received foot-reflexology several times. The study focused attention to the partner’s narratives on the patient’s responses, and aimed for qualitative analyses of the changes of the partner’s narratives. After four time interventions, the partner’s narratives were categorized into four kinds:First, the words of the partner who was addressing the patient, playing a role of a cooperator of the study; secondly, the words of recalling the patient before the illness, and words of appreciation; thirdly, words of awareness and conflict on the progression of the illness; and fourthly, words that expressed the pleasure of the patient who was receiving the foot-reflexology. Through this case, we observed that a touching care such as footreflexology not only gave pleasant feelings to the patient, but also had a significant impact on the partner who shared the time with the terminal patient. For instance, it could be an opportunity for the partner to express his thoughts, conflicts and appreciations for the patient. We discovered that this process comforted the partner, in other words, the caregiver and lead to his grief-care.

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