The aim of this study is to gain a deeper understanding of the potential of making meaning in illness to contribute to emotional healing. The present medical model with its focus on "cure" restricts patients' access to their own healing abilities. A more healing approach recognizes the contribution of patients' inner strength to the healing process as well as incorporating conventional medical treatment. The study approach is henneneutic in that it examines the meaning that participants made of their illness experience, autobiographical in that it draws on my own life, and phenomenological in that it focuses on lived experience. This research study shows nurses how patients can be supported as they develop internal strength and make personal meaning in their life through the struggle of dealing with illness.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:uvic.ca/oai:dspace.library.uvic.ca:1828/490 |
| Date | 10 April 2008 |
| Creators | Tait, Donna Marlene. |
| Contributors | Oberg, Antoinette A. |
| Source Sets | University of Victoria |
| Detected Language | English |
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