by Betty Shuc Han Wills. / Year shown on spine: 1997. / Thesis (M.Phil.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 1996. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 117-128). / ACKNOWLEDGMENT --- p.i / ABSTRACT --- p.ii / TABLE OF CONTENTS --- p.iv / LIST OF APPENDICES --- p.viii / Chapter CHAPTER 1 --- INTRODUCTION --- p.1 / Chapter CHAPTER 2 --- LITERATURE REVIEW --- p.6 / Parental Responses to the Diagnosis of Acute Lymphocytic Leukaemia (ALL) --- p.7 / Disclosure Of the Child's Diagnosis --- p.10 / Impact of Cancer Treatment on Parents --- p.14 / Sources of Support for Parents --- p.18 / Coping Strategies of Parents of Children With ALL --- p.20 / Coping With The Uncertainty of the Disease --- p.23 / Research Studies Involving Chinese Parents --- p.24 / Summary Of Issues From Literature Review --- p.27 / Chapter CHAPTER 3 --- METHODOLOGY / Research Design --- p.29 / Sampling --- p.31 / Data Collection Method --- p.32 / Data Collection Procedure --- p.34 / Ethical Considerations --- p.38 / Pilot Study --- p.40 / Data Analysis --- p.42 / Issues of Reliability and Validity --- p.45 / Validity --- p.45 / Reliability --- p.48 / Chapter CHAPTER 4 --- RESULTS & DISCUSSION / Introduction --- p.50 / Chapter (I). --- Parents' Profile --- p.51 / Demographic Characteristics Of The Parents / Chapter (II). --- Major categories Corresponding To Interviewing The Mothers --- p.54 / Initial Reactions of the Child's Confirmed Diagnosis --- p.55 / Unpreparedness for the child's Diagnosis / Suddenness of the Diagnosis --- p.56 / Physical and psychological reactions to the child's Diagnosis --- p.58 / Sources of Support for the Mothers --- p.62 / The mothers' main source of support / Other sources of support for the mothers --- p.64 / Disclosure Of Child's Diagnosis --- p.66 / Disclosure of the child's diagnosis to the child / Disclosure of the child's diagnosis to members of the immediate and extended families --- p.68 / Disclosure of child's diagnosis to non-family members --- p.70 / Uncertainty Brought On By The Illness --- p.71 / Waiting for confirmation of diagnosis / Uncertainty about the success of treatment --- p.73 / Uncertainty about the child's future --- p.74 / Changes In The Family Routine --- p.75 / Needed to normalise family life / Chapter (III). --- Major Categories Corresponding to Interviewing The Fathers Initial reactions to the child's confirmed diagnosis of ALL --- p.78 / Suddenness of diagnosis --- p.79 / Physical and psychological reactions to the diagnosis --- p.80 / Disclosure Of The Child's Diagnosis --- p.82 / Disclosure of the child's diagnosis to the child / Disclosure of the child's diagnosis to members of the immediate and extended family --- p.85 / Disclosure of the child's diagnosis to non-family members --- p.86 / Sources Of Support For The Fathers --- p.87 / Support from immediate and extended families / Support from medical professionals --- p.89 / Support from friends --- p.90 / Changes In The Family Routine --- p.91 / Coping Strategies Utilised By The Fathers --- p.92 / Open communication / Use of religious beliefs and rituals --- p.93 / Chapter (IV). --- Comparison Of Categories Found Between The Mothers And The Fathers --- p.95 / Initial reactions to the child's confirmed diagnosis of ALL / Disclosure of the child's diagnosis --- p.96 / Sources of support for the parents --- p.100 / Changes in the family routine --- p.101 / Summary of findings --- p.103 / Chapter (V). --- Differences between the initial and second interviews --- p.105 / Chapter CHAPTER FIVE --- CONCLUSION / Limitations Of The Study --- p.108 / Implications For Nursing Practice --- p.112 / Recommendations For Future Research --- p.114 / Conclusion --- p.115 / REFERENCES --- p.117 / APPENDIX I - PERSONAL DATA FORM --- p.129 / APPENDIX II - INTERVIEW SCHEDULE --- p.130 / APPENDIX III - CONSENT FORM --- p.134 / APPENDIX IV - SAMPLE SCRIPT OF INTERVIEWS WITH MOTHERS --- p.135 / APPENDIX V - MATRICES ON MOTHERS AND FATHERS --- p.140 / APPENDIX VI - SAMPLE OF FIELD NOTES FOR MOTHERS AND FATHERS --- p.143
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:cuhk.edu.hk/oai:cuhk-dr:cuhk_322033 |
| Date | January 1996 |
| Contributors | Wills, Betty Shuc Han., Chinese University of Hong Kong Graduate School. Division of Nursing. |
| Source Sets | The Chinese University of Hong Kong |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Text, bibliography |
| Format | print, ix, 147 leaves ; 30 cm. |
| Rights | Use of this resource is governed by the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons “Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International” License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/) |
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