Grief Process of Bereaved Families of Cancer Patients –Focus on Regret at the End of Life–

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  • がん患者の遺族の悲嘆プロセス －看取りにおける後悔に焦点を当てて－

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<p>The purpose of this study was to describe content of regret and how to face the regret in the grief process of bereaved families of cancer patients. The data was collected by semi-structured interview with 11 bereaved families. Interview transcripts were analyzed in a qualitative and inductive manner. As a result, the content of regret was classified into three groups: regret related to life, regret related to death, and regret related to relationships. In the grief process, when the bereaved families remembered the experience with the deceased, they reconsidered the feelings of regret caused by noticing the support of the people around them who connected by the deceased, finding out the meaning of the deceased’s way of life at the end of life, and realizing that they were able to take over thoughts and roles, and therefore began to adapt to the loss. The regret of the bereaved families, which was caused by the bereavement, or the break of the realistic connection, was an important part of the process of remembering and reconsidering the connection with the deceased. And, we suggest the need to provide families of cancer patients with the care focused on the regret at the end of life.</p>

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